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In Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, this town has 1,354 residents.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,387/m² takes 3.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gennes-Longuefuye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Gennes-Longuefuye does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gennes-Longuefuye 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.
Gennes-Longuefuye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gennes-Longuefuye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Moulin à cavier de la Guénaudière, in Grez-en-Bouère, 4 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gennes-Longuefuye.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths in Gennes-Longuefuye from 2016 to 2025; there were 50, 35% fewer. Average lifespans in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Gennes-Longuefuye is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou, 4.9 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,387/m², lower than both Mayenne’s towns (€1,696/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €7.69/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 43 homes were sold in Gennes-Longuefuye.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,387/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
200 jobs are based in Gennes-Longuefuye, for 650 working residents (0.3 per worker). 2.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 5.5%, below both Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gennes-Longuefuye has a median age of 40.1. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Gennes-Longuefuye | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Gennes-Longuefuye is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Gennes-Longuefuye as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gennes-Longuefuye | 1,354 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne | 16,584 | 5.2 | A | B | C+ | A− |
| Meslay-du-Maine | 2,779 | 6.9 | A+ | A | A+ | A− |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 8,751 | 12 | A | A− | B | A− |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 12,326 | 13 | B− | A− | D | B+ |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray Maine-et-Loire | 3,687 | 13 | — | A | — | B+ |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 14 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gennes-Longuefuye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gennes-Longuefuye grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Gennes-Longuefuye is a commune of 1,354 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
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 November 4, 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.