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Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over. 1,991 people live in this town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Corzé’s best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: one in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,067/m² takes 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Anjou Loir et Sarthe. Incomes are on the low side: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Corzé 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 2 things Corzé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Corzé 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.
Corzé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Corzé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corzé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
88 deaths in Corzé between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 128: 31% below. Women in Maine-et-Loire live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Corzé is Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers, 9.4 mi away.
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.
Unemployment runs at 8.8%. 4.2% of Corzé’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 26% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Corzé | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Corzé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.45/m² a month. The market in Corzé: 40 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.83/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,067/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Vallée du LoirNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 89%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Burglary topped the graded crimes in Corzé (2025). The 2025 count: 16 offenses locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.9 violent offenses and 10.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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 (47.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Corzé. Best known first.
MuseumChâteau de Villevêque3.4 km west, in Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou
ChâteauChâteau de Soucelles3.7 km northwest, in Rives-du-Loir-en-AnjouChâteauChâteauChâteau Voisinin townChâteauChâteauLa Chaleriein townChâteauChâteauChaloché4.7 km east, in Jarzé VillagesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Corzé 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 Corzé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corzé | 1,991 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Seiches-sur-le-Loir | 2,844 | 2.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou | 5,644 | 2.5 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Verrières-en-Anjou | 8,116 | 4.2 | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
| Le Plessis-Grammoire | 2,664 | 4.4 | — | C | — | A |
| Briollay | 3,225 | 5.4 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Tiercé | 4,589 | 5.7 | A | C+ | A− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Corzé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% 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 Corzé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Corzé is a commune of 1,991 people in the Communauté de communes Anjou Loir et Sarthe. 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 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.