A strong record with one exception. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Sèvremoine earns an A, which places it #22 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. That leaves it better than 87% of compared French towns. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,927/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Mauges Communauté. The trade-off is schools (C): brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Sèvremoine 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.
Menhir dit La Grande Pierre Levée: Photo: Julio · CC BY 2.5 · Menhir du moulin à vent de Normandeau: Photo: Liberliger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Menhir dit La Haute-Borne: Photo: Tux-Man · CC0 · Menhir dit la pierre levée de Charbonneau: Photo: Tux-Man · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sèvremoine.
Safety
For crime per resident, Sèvremoine sits below 86% of compared French towns
5.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
The 2025 count: 430 offenses in Sèvremoine. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage111
Family violence80
Sexual violence80
Theft from vehicles55
Burglary51
Other physical violence33
Vehicle theft20
Fraud126
Theft without violence33
Drug use10
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.
5.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
430
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth A−
Sèvremoine has a lower adjusted death rate than 80% of compared French towns
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Maine-et-Loire, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Its eight care homes for older people (541 places) count their residents as Sèvremoine’s; allowing for them, deaths were 24% below expected. 2,201 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 2,239: 2% below. The nearest emergency department to Sèvremoine is Centre hospitalier de Cholet, 9.1 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
24
GPs in Sèvremoine · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
9.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Cholet
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Sèvremoine are under 15, more than in both Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
41.4median age
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 26% have a degree. The age that splits Sèvremoine in two is 41.4.
SèvremoineMaine-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Unemployment in Sèvremoine, 5.5%, runs below Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 5.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Sèvremoine number 8,200, against 12,400 residents in work (0.7 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,070 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
8,200
jobs based in Sèvremoine, 0.7 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,070
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 39% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Sèvremoine is graded a B for cost of living
€1,927/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,927/m²: 784 houses and apartments sold in Sèvremoine between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.73/m² a month, close to Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 98% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sèvremoine€1,927/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,932/m²
768
€10.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €14.15/m² a month)
5.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Mauges Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
8 historic monuments in Sèvremoine, the oldest from prehistory
8historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sèvremoine is Menhir dit La Grande Pierre Levée. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2017. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (17%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Fernand Vandernotte: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain · Louis Leroux: Werner100359, CC BY 4.0 · Nathalie Papin: Quantik53, Public domain
About Sèvremoine
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Sèvremoine is a commune of 25,797 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mauges Communauté. 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
25,797 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Mauges Communauté
Département
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
83 sq mi (214.9 km²)
INSEE code
49301
Sèvremoine’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 Sèvremoine
Is Sèvremoine safe?
It grades A for safety, #15 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 51 burglaries and 111 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sèvremoine good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns and #38 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sèvremoine expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,927/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sèvremoine grades B 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.
