Where it falls short is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,377/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Feneu 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.
How Feneu grades
Each subject compares Feneu 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.
"Petit moulin" à eau de Sautret: Photo: Alexpi93 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Feneu.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Feneu run higher than in 74% of compared French towns
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Feneu is Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers, 6.7 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above Maine-et-Loire’s towns (77) and compared French towns (88) alike. 330 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 246: 34% above. Life expectancy in Maine-et-Loire: 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw134
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Feneu · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers
6.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Feneu keeps more of its old housing than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Feneu is Château de Montriou. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
For cost of living, Feneu gets a C+
€2,377/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,377/m²: 65 houses and apartments sold in Feneu between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.00/m² a month. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Feneu€2,377/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,385/m²
64
€11.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.24 to €14.59/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Feneu run higher than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €27,780 a year per consumption unit
7%walk, cycle or take transit
6.4% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Feneu, 0.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
Feneu is a commune of 2,212 people in the Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole. 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
Population
2,212 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole
Département
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
10 sq mi (25.9 km²)
INSEE code
49135
Feneu’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Feneu
Is Feneu safe?
Feneu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Feneu expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,377/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.61/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Feneu grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
