Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,855 residents in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
Schools do well: brevet results 9 points above the expected rate. At €1,500/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Cholet Agglomération. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C).
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Yzernay 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 Yzernay 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.
Yzernay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Yzernay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Yzernay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Propriété de la Durbelière, in Mauléon, 5.1 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Yzernay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yzernay.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Daniel Brottier PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 99%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,500/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in Yzernay from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.98/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 43 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,500/m² | 43 |
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Yzernay’s deaths ran at 77 per 100 expected, about level with Maine-et-Loire’s towns (77) and below compared French towns (88). 124 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 161: 23% below. The nearest emergency department to Yzernay is Centre hospitalier de Cholet, 9.3 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Maine-et-Loire is 86.4 years for women and 81.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
500 jobs are based in Yzernay, for 900 working residents (0.6 per worker). 4.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,350 a year per consumption unit, close to both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€25,450) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Residents of Yzernay have a median age of 43.4. The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Yzernay | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other physical violence topped the graded crimes in Yzernay (2025). Violence against people averaged 3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 6.4.
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 family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage, 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, 77.0% of the index here.
Heritage and gardens in and near Yzernay. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Yzernay.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Yzernay is a commune of 1,855 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Cholet Agglomération. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yzernay | 1,855 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Maulévrier | 3,172 | 2.3 | — | A− | — | A |
| Mauléon Deux-Sèvres | 8,573 | 6.4 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| La Tessoualle | 3,167 | 7 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Nueil-les-Aubiers Deux-Sèvres | 5,483 | 7.3 | A+ | A | A− | B |
| Trémentines | 3,101 | 8.1 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Cholet | 54,404 | 8.6 | B− | C+ | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Yzernay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Yzernay 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 8, 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.