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A town of 1,099 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Forcé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,696/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 48% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Forcé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Forcé 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Forcé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Forcé. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Forcé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Forcé, that is below both Mayenne’s towns (78) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 34 residents of Forcé died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 48% 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
Forcé sits below both Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Forcé has 150 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Forcé close to Mayenne’s towns (90.3%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 97%+6 pts |
| Collège Alain GerbaultBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 83 | 80%+1 pt |
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.
The median price, €1,696/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Forcé from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.55/m² a month, close to Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,696/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Forcé is above both Mayenne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 19% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Forcé | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Forcé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Forcé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Chapelle de la Cassine: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Poligny: Photo: Fab5669 · CC0
One notable person was born in Forcé.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forcé | 1,099 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 2.9 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 3.4 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Laval | 49,400 | 4.2 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Argentré | 2,906 | 4.5 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 6.1 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Changé | 6,502 | 6.2 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Forcé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,696/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Forcé grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Forcé is a commune of 1,099 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.
