One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its schools beat most: brevet results 3.2 points above the expected rate. Doué-en-Anjou’s overall grade, A−, puts it better than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. It ranks #31 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The drawback is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Doué-en-Anjou 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Doué-en-Anjou keeps more of its old housing than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Doué-en-Anjou has 12 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 9 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Motte féodale et donjon (restes). Relative to its size, Doué-en-Anjou keeps 11 protected monuments per 10,000 residents.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Doué-en-Anjou than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.10/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,705/m², below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€1,930/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Sales in Doué-en-Anjou from July 2023 to June 2026: 289 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
€1,705/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Doué-en-Anjou€1,705/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,707/m²
283
€9.10/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.22 to €11.48/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Adjusted for age and care homes, Doué-en-Anjou sees more deaths than 69% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Doué-en-Anjou’s deaths ran at 95 per 100 expected, higher than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (77) and compared French towns (88). 1,415 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,296: 9% above. The nearest emergency department to Doué-en-Anjou is Centre hospitalier de Saumur, 11.5 mi away. 12 GPs practise locally.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Doué-en-Anjou · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
11.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are less common in Doué-en-Anjou than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. The median resident of Doué-en-Anjou is 45.7 years old.
45.7median age
Doué-en-AnjouMaine-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
People in Doué-en-Anjou have lower living standards than in 73% of French communes of 1,000+
For its 4,600 residents in work, Doué-en-Anjou has 4,950 jobs: 1.1 each. Half of residents lived on more than €24,540 a year per consumption unit, close to Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€25,450) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
4,950
jobs based in Doué-en-Anjou, 1.1 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
More crime per resident in Doué-en-Anjou than in 51% of compared French towns
Of the graded crimes in Doué-en-Anjou, criminal damage came up most often (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 266 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 8.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.
8.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage71
Family violence52
Burglary32
Other physical violence30
Sexual violence29
Vehicle theft27
Theft from vehicles25
Fraud78
Theft without violence62
Drug use12
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.
8.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
266
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Château de Soulanger ou château des Basses-Minières: Photo: Porteboisw · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Denis (ruines): Photo: Jean M. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site de la Seigneurie: Photo: Yodaspirine · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Doué-en-Anjou
Is Doué-en-Anjou safe?
It grades B− for safety, #39 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 71 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Doué-en-Anjou good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #10 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Doué-en-Anjou expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Doué-en-Anjou grades A− for cost of living.
About Doué-en-Anjou
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Doué-en-Anjou is a commune of 11,029 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
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.
