Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 4,589 residents, it is a town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Overall, Tiercé earns an A, better than 93% of compared French towns. That places it #14 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,240/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Anjou Loir et Sarthe. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The one thing Tiercé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tiercé 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tiercé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit Le Doigt de César, in Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou, 2.7 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tiercé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Tiercé. The nearest emergency department to Tiercé is Centre hospitalier Universitaire D Angers, 10.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 572 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 546, 5% fewer. 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
In 2025, 59 offenses were recorded in Tiercé. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 59 offenses in the graded categories in the town 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 · For other physical violence, armed robbery 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, 7.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
17% are under 15, lower than Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and near compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Tiercé: 46.5, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Tiercé | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Tiercé number 1,550, against 2,000 residents in work (0.8 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €26,990 a year per consumption unit. The census found 11.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
165 sales of houses and apartments in Tiercé, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,240/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.85/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.38/m² a month, above Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,248/m² | 146 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Tiercé. Best known first.
Nothing in Tiercé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Tiercé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiercé | 4,589 | — | A | C+ | A− | A |
| Briollay | 3,225 | 3.3 | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou | 5,644 | 3.8 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Seiches-sur-le-Loir | 2,844 | 5.5 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou | 8,751 | 6.2 | A | A− | B | A− |
| Verrières-en-Anjou | 8,116 | 6.4 | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
| Écouflant | 4,749 | 7.5 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #20 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,240/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tiercé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Tiercé is a commune of 4,589 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 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.