Ernée grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #2 of 16 in Mayenne. At the median price of €1,274/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de l'Ernée. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 4.6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Ernée 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ernée than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.24/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Ernée, that is below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,274/m², comes from 207 sales of houses and apartments in Ernée from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,274/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ernée€1,274/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,274/m²
199
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.32 to €10.75/m² a month)
3.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.16/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−
Ernée’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Ernée’s deaths ran at 77 per 100 expected, close to Mayenne’s towns (78) and below compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 918 residents of Ernée died, against 974 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Ernée · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
12.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Ernée has 1.3 jobs for every resident in work
10.4% of Ernée’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 84% drove.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,850
jobs based in Ernée, 1.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Ernée: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Ernée has less crime per resident than 52% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 135 offenses in the graded categories in Ernée in 2025. With 2,850 jobs for 2,150 working residents, Ernée draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
7.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage68
Other physical violence14
Theft from vehicles12
Family violence11
Burglary11
Sexual violence10
Vehicle theft9
Armed robbery0
Fraud37
Theft without violence27
Drug use10
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.
7.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
135
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Bernard Bonnejean: Hordalistic, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Auguste Hay de Bonteville: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Amédée Renault-Morlière: Fab5669, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ernée’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ernée
Is Ernée safe?
It grades B− for safety, #11 of 16 in Mayenne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ernée good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #1 of 15 in Mayenne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Ernée expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,274/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ernée grades A for cost of living.
About Ernée
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Ernée is a commune of 5,499 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.
