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A town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, home to 1,041 people.
Les Rairies’s strongest subject is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well — two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Les Rairies 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 Les Rairies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Rairies 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.
Les Rairies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Rairies; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Rairies.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.7 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les RochesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 58 | 81%−8 pts |
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.82/m² a month, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Les Rairies recorded 35 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.07/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,333/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 250 jobs are based in Les Rairies, for 450 working residents (0.5 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,760 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Rairies; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children under 15 make up 20%, higher than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 21% of the town. Half the people of Les Rairies are older than 42.8.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Les Rairies | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
69 deaths in Les Rairies between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 79: 13% below. The nearest emergency department to Les Rairies is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal, 8.3 mi away. Life expectancy in Maine-et-Loire: 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025); France averages 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 D to A−.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Les Rairies. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Durtal3.4 km northwest, in Durtal
ChâteauChâteau de Chambiers3 km west, in DurtalChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Barbée3.4 km northeast, in Bazouges Cré sur LoirChâteauChâteauChâteau Bocé3.8 km northwest, in DurtalChâteauChâteauManoir de Serrain3.9 km northwest, in DurtalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Les Rairies has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Briqueterie Le Croc: Photo: Labiloute · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Les Rairies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Rairies | 1,041 | — | — | A | — | B− |
| Durtal | 3,386 | 2.2 | C | A− | C | C+ |
| La Flèche Sarthe | 14,947 | 7.1 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Jarzé Villages | 2,798 | 7.4 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Baugé-en-Anjou | 11,712 | 8.2 | A | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Seiches-sur-le-Loir | 2,844 | 8.6 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Précigné Sarthe | 2,877 | 9.5 | A+ | B+ | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Rairies has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 5% 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 Les Rairies grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Les Rairies is a commune of 1,041 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 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.