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A town of 1,828 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Aron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,464/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Mayenne Communauté. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Aron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aron 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Léonard (anciennement nommée Ferme Saint-Léonard), in Mayenne, 2.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Aron comes below both Mayenne’s towns (78) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 108 residents of Aron died, against 184 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.94/m² a month, close to Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,464/m², comes from 54 sales of houses and apartments in Aron from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,464/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Aron, that is below both Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Aron has 350 jobs for 800 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 3.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aron sits below both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Aron | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Aron below both Mayenne’s towns (94.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée Don Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 111 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège privé Don Bosco PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 118 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Aron. Best known first.
Nothing in Aron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Aron as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aron | 1,828 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Mayenne | 12,883 | 2.6 | B+ | A− | C− | A− |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées | 2,619 | 7.9 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Montsûrs | 3,192 | 11 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
| Évron | 8,252 | 13 | A+ | A | B | B+ |
| Villaines-la-Juhel | 2,671 | 13 | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 14 | A+ | B | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.4 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 47% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 111 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Don Bosco in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,464/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aron grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Aron is a commune of 1,828 people in the Communauté de communes Mayenne Communauté. 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 October 30, 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.