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BelgeardMayenne

A town of 555 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire. Only 10% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Belgeard a good place to live?

Belgeard is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Belgeard stand out

The one thing Belgeard does most differently from other towns.

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Belgeard’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Belgeard’s story

No historic monuments in Belgeard

The Culture ministry lists no building in Belgeard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Temple de la Fortune (ruines), in Jublains, 2.5 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Few people in Belgeard are 65 or over: 10%, below Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns

For Belgeard, that is below both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 24% of the population.

36.8median age
BelgeardMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Belgeard
BelgeardMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1524%16%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4429%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+10%27%22%
No diploma16%24%19%
CAP or BEP31%29%26%
Baccalauréat24%17%18%
Higher education24%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Belgeard walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 2.3%

Belgeard sits below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 4.9%. Belgeard has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Belgeard, 0.1 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Belgeard is €9.44/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€9.44/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Belgeard€9.44/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Mayenne median€9.49/m²
€9.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.32 to €12.17/m² a month)
€7.40/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Bourgon and 2 more in and around Belgeard

Heritage and museums in and near Belgeard. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Belgeard

12pages on Belgeard

Landmarks

Nothing in Belgeard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Belgeard

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Belgeard yet.

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Belgeard’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Mayenne →
MayenneMontsûrsÉvronAmbrières-les-ValléesLouvernéArgentréMayenneMontsûrsÉvronAmbrières-les-ValléesLouvernéArgentréBelgeard
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Belgeard555—————
Mayenne12,8834.4B+A−C−A−
Montsûrs3,1927.7A+AA+B
Évron8,25210A+ABB+
Ambrières-les-Vallées2,61911—A+—C+
Louverné4,34412A+BAA
Argentré2,90613A+A−A+A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Belgeard

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

Belgeard is a commune of 555 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

Population
555 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Mayenne Communauté
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.1 km²)
INSEE code
53028

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.