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This town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire has a population of 6,408.
Residents are healthier than most (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. The trade-off is cost of living (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag (C): bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, ranking #43 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. Set against the rest, it does better than 57% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Mûrs-Erigné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mûrs-Erigné 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mûrs-Erigné as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Aubin, in Les Ponts-de-Cé, 2.3 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Mûrs-Erigné. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mûrs-Erigné.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Mûrs-Erigné goes for €2,569/m², an apartment for €2,536/m². 184 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,565/m². Houses made up just over four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,569/m² | 151 |
| Apartments | €2,536/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 12 general practitioners in Mûrs-Erigné. Its care home for older people (93 places) counts its residents as Mûrs-Erigné’s; allowing for it, deaths were 21% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 588 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 542, 8% 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.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
7.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (7.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Public transport took 5.2% of Mûrs-Erigné’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #37 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. A collège lies 1.6 mi away. The bac pass rate near Mûrs-Erigné is 94.0%, about level with both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (94.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Laud PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 100%+6 pts |
| Lycée Jean BodinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 174 | 94%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Mûrs-Erigné (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.3 violent offenses and 13.5 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 126 offenses reached the police record here in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Mûrs-Erigné has a median age of 43.9 years. 18% of residents are children under 15. Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mûrs-Erigné | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Mûrs-Erigné is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Mûrs-Erigné.
Gérard Fouquet: ROMARY Paul, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mûrs-Erigné | 6,408 | — | B | C− | B | B+ |
| Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire | 3,685 | 2.5 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Les Garennes sur Loire | 4,663 | 2.7 | A | C | A | A |
| Les Ponts-de-Cé | 13,149 | 2.8 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Trélazé | 16,333 | 4.3 | B− | C | B− | B+ |
| Bouchemaine | 6,580 | 4.6 | A− | D | A | B+ |
| Angers | 159,022 | 5 | C | D | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #32 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns and #37 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,565/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mûrs-Erigné grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Mûrs-Erigné is a commune of 6,408 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
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.