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A town of 16,333 in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Strong in places, weak in others. It also trails on cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade comes out at B−, better than 47% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #48 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Trélazé 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 one thing Trélazé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Trélazé; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2003.
Léon Rohard, born in 1836, is the one person born in Trélazé before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Trélazé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trélazé.
The median disposable income was €23,960 a year per consumption unit, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€25,450) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 9.0% of working residents in Trélazé to work at the census. At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Trélazé didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% are under 15, higher than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town. At 37.5, the median resident of Trélazé sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Trélazé | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Trélazé records 80 deaths per 100 expected, near Maine-et-Loire’s towns (77) and lower than compared French towns (88). For a family doctor, residents of Trélazé can choose among 33 GPs. 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Trélazé, houses go for €2,494/m² and apartments for €2,269/m². 569 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,475/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 569 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,494/m² | 475 |
| Apartments | €2,269/m² | 94 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, between Maine-et-Loire’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 0.7 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #28 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Trélazé, 93.2% passed the bac, in line with Maine-et-Loire’s towns (94.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 76%−5 pts |
| Lycée Jean BodinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 174 | 94%−2 pts |
| Collège Saint-Laud PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 107 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In all, 361 offenses reached the police record in Trélazé in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Trélazé. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l’ardoise de Trélazéin townArt galleryArt galleryAnciennes Écuries des Ardoisièresin townChâteauChâteauChâteau Rosseauin townAttractionAttractionMaison du gardienin townAttractionAttractionThéâtre de verdurein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pignerolle2.5 km north, in Saint-Barthélemy-d'AnjouPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
7 notable people were born in Trélazé.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Trélazé is a commune of 16,333 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trélazé | 16,333 | — | B− | C | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou | 9,720 | 1.4 | C+ | C− | C | A− |
| Les Ponts-de-Cé | 13,149 | 1.8 | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Angers | 159,022 | 3.4 | C | D | C | A |
| Les Garennes sur Loire | 4,663 | 3.5 | A | C | A | A |
| Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire | 3,685 | 4.1 | A− | C− | B− | A |
| Le Plessis-Grammoire | 2,664 | 4.1 | — | C | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 168 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #28 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. 94% of 174 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Bodin in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,475/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Trélazé grades C 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.