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2,056 people live in this town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength too (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (C+).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Brain-sur-Allonnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Brain-sur-Allonnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brain-sur-Allonnes with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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Brain-sur-Allonnes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Brain-sur-Allonnes. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brain-sur-Allonnes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,533/m², lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€1,930/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Brain-sur-Allonnes from July 2023 to June 2026: 49 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,533/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Brain-sur-Allonnes is Centre hospitalier de Saumur, 6.9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 170 residents of Brain-sur-Allonnes died, against 213 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Brain-sur-Allonnes come to 80 per 100 predicted. At birth, a girl in Maine-et-Loire can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
3.9% of Brain-sur-Allonnes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment is 9.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. Brain-sur-Allonnes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Among adults, 18% have a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, higher than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Brain-sur-Allonnes is older than 44.2, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Brain-sur-Allonnes | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
The police record for Brain-sur-Allonnes lists 14 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.5 violent offenses and 9.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Brain-sur-Allonnes (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (49.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Brain-sur-Allonnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brain-sur-Allonnes yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain-sur-Allonnes | 2,056 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Allonnes | 2,911 | 2.2 | B+ | A− | B+ | C |
| Bourgueil Indre-et-Loire | 3,631 | 5.1 | A | A− | C+ | B− |
| Vivy | 2,582 | 6 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Saumur | 26,241 | 7.6 | B− | B | D | B |
| Beaumont-en-Véron Indre-et-Loire | 2,717 | 9 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 3,435 | 9.3 | A+ | A− | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brain-sur-Allonnes grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Brain-sur-Allonnes is a commune of 2,056 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.