With an A− overall, Mazé-Milon is better than 78% of compared French towns and ranks #33 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,004/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Baugeois Vallée.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Mazé-Milon 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.
Manoir Le Châtelet: Photo: Bo35bo35 · CC BY 4.0 · Château de Montgeoffroy: Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazé-Milon.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Mazé-Milon than in 99% of compared French towns
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
No compared town in Maine-et-Loire has less graded crime per resident than Mazé-Milon: it ranks first of 52. Recorded offenses in the town came to 40 in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Mazé-Milon (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence13
Burglary13
Armed robbery0
Fraud39
Theft without violence13
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
40
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.9%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 16.9% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A
Mazé-Milon loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 70 per 100 expected, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 444 residents of Mazé-Milon died, against 542 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Maine-et-Loire is 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Maine-et-Loire town has 6 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Mazé-Milon is Clinique de L Anjou, 12.5 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Mazé-Milon · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique de L Anjou
12.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique de L Anjou
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Mazé-Milon, 5.9%, runs below Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €26,840 a year per consumption unit, higher than Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€25,450) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Mazé-Milon has 1,050 jobs for 2,700 working residents, 0.4 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.4% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Mazé-Milon, 0.4 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Mazé-Milon: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mazé-Milon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Château de Montgeoffroy. The protected list starts in the 16th century.
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
For cost of living, Mazé-Milon gets a C+
€2,004/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,004/m²: 154 houses and apartments sold in Mazé-Milon between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.25/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mazé-Milon€2,004/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,981/m²
150
€11.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.68 to €15.09/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Baugeois Vallée
Mazé-Milon is a commune of 5,761 people in the Communauté de communes Baugeois Vallée. 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
5,761 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Baugeois Vallée
Département
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
16.1 sq mi (41.8 km²)
INSEE code
49194
Mazé-Milon’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 Mazé-Milon
Is Mazé-Milon safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mazé-Milon good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #42 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mazé-Milon expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,004/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.45/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mazé-Milon 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.
