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1,441 people call this town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire home.
Housing is within reach (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (C). The median home sells for €1,608/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Villebernier 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 Villebernier 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.
Villebernier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Villebernier does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Villebernier counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1962.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Villebernier’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villebernier.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 52 homes in Villebernier.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,608/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Maine-et-Loire: 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted for age and care homes, Villebernier records 77 deaths per 100 expected, close to Maine-et-Loire’s towns (77) and below compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 126 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 97, 23% fewer.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.7% of commuters travelled at the census. 9.0% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 230 candidates at 2 lycées. The closest collège is 2.5 mi off. The bac pass rate near Villebernier is 93.8%, about level with both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (94.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-André PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Sadi Carnot - Jean BertinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 125 | 94%−1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 131 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Villebernier is Château de Launay. On the Culture ministry’s list, Villebernier counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%. Children under 15 make up 19%, near Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Villebernier by age and the one in the middle is 45.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Villebernier | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Villebernier. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Saumur3.6 km west, in Saumur
MuseumMusée des Blindés de Saumur3.9 km southwest, in Saumur
MuseumMusée du moteur4.9 km west, in SaumurMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent Notre-Dame des Ardilliers3 km west, in SaumurChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaulieu2 km southwest, in SaumurPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villebernier yet.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Villebernier is a commune of 1,441 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villebernier | 1,441 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saumur | 26,241 | 2.7 | B− | B | D | B |
| Allonnes | 2,911 | 3.6 | B+ | A− | B+ | C |
| Vivy | 2,582 | 4.7 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 3,435 | 4.7 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Bourgueil Indre-et-Loire | 3,631 | 9.5 | A | A− | C+ | B− |
| Longué-Jumelles | 6,564 | 9.6 | A | A | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villebernier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villebernier grades A− 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 9, 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.