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MiréMaine-et-Loire

A town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, home to 1,060 people.

Is Miré a good place to live?

Miré’s strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €1,580/m².

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Miré 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 Miré grades

Each subject compares Miré 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.

How grading works

Miré has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Cost of livingHomes are very affordable for local incomesAOpen →Jobs & income8.8% unemploymentCOpen →HealthWeaker than most of the towns comparedC+Open →Walkability78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Miré stand out

The one thing Miré does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château de Vaux
Château de Vaux · Classé · Photo: La photo de Jojo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Miré’s story

Miré in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Miré counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1911.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1911First protected: Dolmen de la Maison des Fées
  • 1996Most recently protected: Logis de Crémaillé la Roche
Explore the history →

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Miré counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen de la Maison des Fées: Photo: La photo de Jojo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Logis de Crémaillé la Roche: Photo: La photo de Jojo · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Miré.

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Miré costs less than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.51/m² a month

€1,580/m²median sale price

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.79/m² a month. Sales in Miré from July 2023 to June 2026: 31 houses and apartments.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Miré€1,580/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,580/m²31
€8.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.55 to €11.08/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,600
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Vallées du Haut-Anjou

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth C+

Fewer deaths than expected in Miré, 92 per 100, but more than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns

−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Miré is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou, 10.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 239 residents of Miré died, against 175 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. In Maine-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner locally.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw136
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Miré · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.

History

Miré keeps more of its old housing than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919

4historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

On the Culture ministry’s list, Miré counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Dolmen de la Maison des Fées. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1911
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Money is tighter in Miré than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,600 a year per consumption unit

7%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 8.8%.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Miré, 0.6 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Children make up 22% of Miré, above Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns

41.5median age

9.6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 19% of adults. Half the people of Miré are older than 41.5.

MiréMaine-et-Loire medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma29%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Miré
MiréMaine-et-Loire medianFrance median
Under 1522%18%17%
15–249.6%11%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6422%26%26%
65+23%23%22%
No diploma29%20%19%
CAP or BEP31%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education19%29%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Miré

14pages on Miré
Nearby attractions

Château de Vaux and 4 more in and around Miré

Heritage in and near Miré. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Miré

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Miré yet.

How we find them →

About Miré

Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire

Miré is a commune of 1,060 people in the Communauté de communes des Vallées du Haut-Anjou. 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
1,060 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Vallées du Haut-Anjou
Département
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
6.9 sq mi (18 km²)
INSEE code
49205

Miré’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Maine-et-Loire →
Les Hauts-d'AnjouMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayPrécignéSablé-sur-SartheTiercéChâteau-Gontier-sur-MayenneLes Hauts-d'AnjouMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayPrécignéSablé-sur-SartheTiercéChâteau-Gontier-sur-MayenneMiré
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Miré1,060——A—C+
Les Hauts-d'Anjou8,7515AA−BA−
Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray3,6875.3—A—B+
Précigné Sarthe2,8777.8A+B+AB−
Sablé-sur-Sarthe Sarthe12,3269.3B−A−DB+
Tiercé4,58910AC+A−A
Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne Mayenne16,58411ABC+A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Miré

Is Miré safe?

Miré has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Miré expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Miré grades A for cost of living.

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.