Cossé-en-Champagne is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 19% of homes.
What makes Cossé-en-Champagne stand out
The one thing Cossé-en-Champagne does most differently from other towns.
Église Notre-Dame · Classé · Photo: GrandCoq · Public domain
Cossé-en-Champagne’s story
Cossé-en-Champagne in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cossé-en-Champagne: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: GrandCoq · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cossé-en-Champagne.
Who lives here
Few people in Cossé-en-Champagne are 65 or over: 17%, below Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
44.4median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Cossé-en-Champagne by age and the one in the middle is 44.4.
Cossé-en-ChampagneMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 2.0% of commuters in Cossé-en-Champagne go to work without a car, fewer than in Mayenne’s towns and across compared French towns
2%walk, cycle or take transit
7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, between Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Cossé-en-Champagne: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.4 each). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,720 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Cossé-en-Champagne, 0.4 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Cossé-en-Champagne is a commune of 299 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Meslay-Grez. 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
299 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Meslay-Grez
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
8.2 sq mi (21.2 km²)
INSEE code
53076
Cossé-en-Champagne’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
