Val-du-Layon’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car (C): a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,978/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Loire Layon Aubance. The median home sells for €1,978/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Val-du-Layon has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val-du-Layon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-du-Layon.
HealthHealth A
Val-du-Layon loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 71 per 100 expected, below Maine-et-Loire’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Maine-et-Loire, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 300 residents of Val-du-Layon died, against 325 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Val-du-Layon is Clinique de L Anjou, 10.5 mi away.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Val-du-Layon · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique de L Anjou
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique de L Anjou
86.4 · 81.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Maine-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 22% of people in Val-du-Layon are under 15, more than in Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns
Graduates make up 39% of adults. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Val-du-Layon is older than 39.8, half younger.
39.8median age
Val-du-LayonMaine-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 diploma13%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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 B
Val-du-Layon has lower unemployment than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8%
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.1% of commuters at the census. For its 1,700 residents in work, Val-du-Layon has 600 jobs: 0.4 each. The median disposable income is €26,040 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Val-du-Layon, 0.4 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,040
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 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
For cost of living, Val-du-Layon gets a B
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 98% of what sold. The estimated advertised rent is €11.18/m² a month, close to Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.25/m² a month.
€1,978/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-du-Layon€1,978/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Maine-et-Loire median€1,930/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,979/m²
119
€11.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.75 to €14.29/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.25/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loire Layon Aubance
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Val-du-Layon keeps more of its old housing than Maine-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Val-du-Layon has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Val-du-Layon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 5 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Val-du-Layon lists 20 offenses in 2025. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Val-du-Layon (2025).
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence10
Criminal damage10
Armed robbery0
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.7%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 40.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de la Haute-Guerche and 7 more in and around Val-du-Layon
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Val-du-Layon. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-du-Layon
Is Val-du-Layon safe?
Val-du-Layon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Val-du-Layon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Val-du-Layon grades B for cost of living.
About Val-du-Layon
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Val-du-Layon is a commune of 3,510 people in the Communauté de communes Loire Layon Aubance. 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
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.
