Chailland has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 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.
Each subject compares Chailland 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chailland.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Chailland than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Chailland, that is below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,118/m², comes from 55 sales of houses and apartments in Chailland from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,118/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chailland€1,118/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,232/m²
50
€7.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.80 to €9.47/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Ernée
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Chailland sees fewer deaths than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 68 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Chailland sits below both Mayenne’s towns (78) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 100 residents of Chailland died, against 119 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Chailland · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Laval
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Laval
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chailland is harder to get around on foot than 88% of compared French towns
At the census, 4.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 5.8% of the labour force are out of work. Chailland has 500 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
500
jobs based in Chailland, 0.9 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Chailland keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Chailland is above both Mayenne’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2002. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chailland, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
1992
first monument protected
2002
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chailland
Is Chailland safe?
Chailland has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Chailland expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,118/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chailland grades A+ for cost of living.
About Chailland
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Chailland is a commune of 1,187 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Ernée. 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
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.
