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A town of 6,502 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Changé grades A− overall: better than 82% of compared French towns, and #14 of 16 in Mayenne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 2.2 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Changé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Changé 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 Changé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Notre-Dame de Pritz, in Laval, 0.9 mi away.
3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Changé. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Art naïf et d'Arts singuliers3.7 km south, in Laval
AbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de la Coudre4.7 km south, in Laval
Manor houseHôtel Périer du Bignon3.9 km south, in Laval
MuseumMusée des sciences de Laval4 km south, in Laval
ChâteauManoir de Rouessé4.2 km south, in LavalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Changé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Changé below both Mayenne’s towns (78) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 439 residents of Changé died, against 537 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Changé, 95.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Mayenne’s towns (94.7%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Emmanuel de MartonneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 70%−10 pts |
| Lycée Haute-Follis - Campus enseignement sup EC 53 PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 102 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Immaculée Conception PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 56 | 98%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Mayenne costs more to buy into than Changé, at €2,304/m², the highest of 19. The median price, €2,304/m², comes from 193 sales of houses and apartments in Changé from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,237/m² | 177 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Changé is above both Mayenne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). 18% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Changé | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Changé comes above both Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 6.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 129 offenses in the graded categories in Changé in 2025. For vehicle theft, 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, 0.9% of the index here. With 5,700 jobs for 2,650 working residents, Changé draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Nothing in Changé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Changé.
Christian d'Elva: Maurice Dulac, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changé | 6,502 | — | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 2.3 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 2.8 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 3.6 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 4.3 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 5.3 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Argentré | 2,906 | 6.7 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #13 of 16 in Mayenne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns and #11 of 15 in Mayenne. 98% of 102 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Haute-Follis - Campus enseignement sup EC 53 in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,304/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Changé grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Changé is a commune of 6,502 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. 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.
