Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,997/m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire. The weak point is walkability (D): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tuffalun 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.
Each subject compares Tuffalun 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.
Château de la Grézille (ancien): Photo: Romain Bréget · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tuffalun.
HealthHealth A+
Allowing for age and care homes, Tuffalun sees fewer deaths than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 60 per 100 expected
−40%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Tuffalun have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Tuffalun is Centre hospitalier de Saumur, 13.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 111 residents of Tuffalun died, against 164 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw68
Adjusted60
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Tuffalun · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saumur
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Tuffalun is harder to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income is €24,260 a year per consumption unit. The jobless rate is 8.6%. No commute at all: 6.2% of working residents in Tuffalun at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Tuffalun, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 23% of people in Tuffalun are under 15, more than in both Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
39.1median age
People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.7%, lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Tuffalun by age and the one in the middle is 39.1.
TuffalunMaine-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
19%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%
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
History
Tuffalun keeps more of its old housing than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 2 of 3. Among the classé monuments in Tuffalun is Château de la Grézille (ancien). The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Tuffalun gets a B−
€1,997/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,997/m²: 52 houses and apartments sold in Tuffalun between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 52 homes were sold here. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.83/m² a month, close to Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tuffalun€1,997/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,997/m²
52
€10.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.27 to €14.17/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Tuffalun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
2025 saw 10 offenses recorded in Tuffalun. Violence against people averaged 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7. The graded crime recorded most locally was family violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence5
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
64.1%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (64.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Tuffalun is a commune of 1,746 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire. 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
1,746 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire
Département
Maine-et-Loire (49)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
15.3 sq mi (39.6 km²)
INSEE code
49003
Tuffalun’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 Tuffalun
Is Tuffalun safe?
Tuffalun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Tuffalun expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,997/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tuffalun 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.
