Chemazé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C+): 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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 4.5 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 Chemazé 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 Chemazé.
HousingCost of living A
Median price in Chemazé: €1,600/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.85/m² a month, about level with Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.79/m² a month. 59 houses and apartments changed hands in Chemazé from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,600/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chemazé€1,600/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,600/m²
59
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.75 to €11.59/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Chemazé has fewer older residents than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Mayenne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Chemazé is older than 42.6, half younger.
42.6median age
ChemazéMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Chemazé are out of work than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.4%
5.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Jobs located in Chemazé: 250, for 650 residents in work (0.4 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,080 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970).
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport0%
250
jobs based in Chemazé, 0.4 per working resident
3.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Chemazé: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Mayenne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Chemazé is Château de Saint-Ouen. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Chemazé records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 78 in Mayenne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 178 residents of Chemazé died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. In Mayenne, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Mayenne town has one family doctor.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Chemazé · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Chemazé
Is Chemazé safe?
Chemazé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Chemazé expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chemazé grades A for cost of living.
About Chemazé
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Chemazé is a commune of 1,352 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier. 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.
