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With 2,619 residents, it is a town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,154/m². It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Ambrières-les-Vallées has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Ambrières-les-Vallées does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ambrières-les-Vallées 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.
Ambrières-les-Vallées has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ambrières-les-Vallées, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1953.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ambrières-les-Vallées.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 101 homes were sold in Ambrières-les-Vallées. That is the middle of 101 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,696/m² for the median of compared towns in Mayenne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,155/m² | 99 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #4 of 15 in Mayenne on results. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léo FerréNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 59 | 95%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree. At 49.6, the median resident of Ambrières-les-Vallées sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Ambrières-les-Vallées | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Mayenne, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 424 deaths in Ambrières-les-Vallées from 2016 to 2025; there were 501, 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Ambrières-les-Vallées is Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne, 7.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Ambrières-les-Vallées can choose among 4 GPs.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Ambrières-les-Vallées, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Ambrières-les-Vallées holds 1,050 jobs; 1,000 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,800 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.9 violent offenses and 6.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, 27 offenses were recorded in Ambrières-les-Vallées. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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 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, 29.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Ambrières-les-Vallées. Best known first.
The list names few of Ambrières-les-Vallées’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin de Champs: Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ambrières-les-Vallées yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrières-les-Vallées | 2,619 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Mayenne | 12,883 | 7.1 | B+ | A− | C− | A− |
| Rives d'Andaine Orne | 2,844 | 12 | — | A | — | B− |
| Domfront en Poiraie Orne | 4,113 | 13 | A+ | A | A− | B− |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie Orne | 2,699 | 14 | A+ | B+ | A− | A |
| Ernée | 5,499 | 16 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
| Villaines-la-Juhel | 2,671 | 16 | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ambrières-les-Vallées has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns and #4 of 15 in Mayenne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ambrières-les-Vallées grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Ambrières-les-Vallées is a commune of 2,619 people in the Communauté de communes du Bocage Mayennais. 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
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 4, 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.