Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire has a population of 1,603.
Schools do well: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 10 points above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Coron 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.
Each subject compares Coron 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.
Coron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Coron does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Coron: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Coron: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coron.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Coron, 99.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (94.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 100%+10 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 81 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,515/m², lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€1,930/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.07/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,537/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Coron number 350, against 750 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 5.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €25,420 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Coron is Menhir dit La Pierre des Hommes. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 217 deaths in Coron from 2016 to 2025; there were 314, 45% more. The nearest emergency department to Coron is Centre hospitalier de Cholet, 13.3 mi away. In Maine-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises here.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults. The age that splits Coron in two is 43.5. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Coron | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Coron. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Coron.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Coron is a commune of 1,603 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cholet Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coron | 1,603 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Trémentines | 3,101 | 6.9 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Chemillé-en-Anjou | 21,999 | 6.9 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Lys-Haut-Layon | 7,748 | 7.2 | A+ | A | A | B+ |
| Maulévrier | 3,172 | 9.3 | — | A− | — | A |
| Bellevigne-en-Layon | 5,922 | 11 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
| Le May-sur-Èvre | 3,920 | 12 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coron grades A for cost of living.
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 4, 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.