Find your town in Mayenne
Mayenne has 240 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 19 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 52 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Mayenne is like
The median ranked town in Mayenne grades highest on health and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
14 of 16 (88%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Mayenne, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Mayenne compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
16 towns · ordered by Mayenne rank
6 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
221 smaller towns and villages in Mayenne
With the 19 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 240 communes of Mayenne, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
169 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Mayenne
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Mayenne
What is the best place to live in Mayenne?
Meslay-du-Maine ranks first of 16 graded towns of 2,500 or more: schools (A+) and safety (A+) are its strongest grades; jobs & income (B) is its lowest. Ernée and Louverné follow.
How do the biggest towns in Mayenne grade?
Laval (49,400 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability. Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne (16,584 people) grades A overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Mayenne, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Mayenne on TownRatings?
Yes: all 240 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 19 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 52 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 169 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Ambrières-les-Vallées and Loiron-Ruillé and Renazé have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Meslay-du-Maine, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Ernée, ColinMcB (CC0) · Louverné, Jejecam (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Bonchamp-lès-Laval, Fab5669 (CC0) · Argentré, Fab5669 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Montsûrs, Fab5669 (CC0) · Évron, Esquila (CC0) · Craon, Andegave 999 (CC0) · L'Huisserie, Valleguidonensis (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Berthevin, Fab5669 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Villaines-la-Juhel, VILLAINESMAIRIE (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, Simon de l'Ouest (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cossé-le-Vivien, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Changé, Change53 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mayenne, Cassandre Foucher (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Laval, Tim Tim (VD fr) (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.