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A town of 1,222 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Bais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (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. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bais 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bais, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
20% 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 Bais.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Bais sits below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €982/m², comes from 56 sales of houses and apartments in Bais from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €982/m² | 56 |
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.
That puts Bais above both Mayenne’s towns (90.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Louis BernardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 45 | 98%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Bais is below both Mayenne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). 30% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Bais | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 39% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 11% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Bais comes below both Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bais has 550 jobs for 450 working residents, 1.2 per worker. Unemployment stands at 7.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Bais, that is above both Mayenne’s towns (78) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 297 residents of Bais died, against 224 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% more. 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Bais, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The list names few of Bais’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Montesson: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Bais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bais | 1,222 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Villaines-la-Juhel | 2,671 | 7.3 | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
| Évron | 8,252 | 7.5 | A+ | A | B | B+ |
| Montsûrs | 3,192 | 12 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
| Mayenne | 12,883 | 12 | B+ | A− | C− | A− |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées | 2,619 | 16 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Argentré | 2,906 | 17 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 98% 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 €982/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bais grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Bais is a commune of 1,222 people in the Communauté de communes des Coëvrons. 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.