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The median home sells for €1,000/m². 980 people call this town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire home.

Is Grez-en-Bouère a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Grez-en-Bouère has none. The median home sells for €1,000/m².

What makes Grez-en-Bouère stand out

The one thing Grez-en-Bouère does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Moulin à cavier de la Guénaudière
Moulin à cavier de la Guénaudière · Classé · Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grez-en-Bouère’s story

Grez-en-Bouère in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Grez-en-Bouère: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Christian de Villebois-Mareuil, born in 1852, is the one person born in Grez-en-Bouère before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1984First protected: Moulin à cavier de la Guénaudière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grez-en-Bouère.

Who lives here

A young town: 13% of people in Grez-en-Bouère are 15 to 24, more than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns

20% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town.

41.1median age
Grez-en-BouèreMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Grez-en-Bouère
Grez-en-BouèreMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–2413%10%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+17%27%22%
No diploma21%24%19%
CAP or BEP33%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education20%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Grez-en-Bouère: 28% were built before 1919, more than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Grez-en-Bouère is Moulin à cavier de la Guénaudière. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

18th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Grez-en-Bouère run lower than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €23,710 a year per consumption unit

Jobs based in Grez-en-Bouère number 350, against 450 residents in work (0.8 per worker). 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 8.0%.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Grez-en-Bouère, 0.8 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.5 mi off.

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Grez-en-Bouère91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Le grand ChampNearest collègeCollègeCollège4791%−1 pt
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
0.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Grez-en-Bouère costs less than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.51/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Homes sold for a median €1,000/m², lower than both Mayenne’s towns (€1,696/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Grez-en-Bouère: 35 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€1,000/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Grez-en-Bouère€1,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,000/m²35
€8.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.55 to €11.08/m² a month)
€6.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Grez-en-Bouère

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Landmarks

Grez-en-Bouère has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Moulin à cavier de la Guénaudière: Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Grez-en-Bouère

One notable person was born in Grez-en-Bouère.

Their page →

Grez-en-Bouère’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Mayenne →
Meslay-du-MaineChâteau-Gontier-sur-MayenneSablé-sur-SarthePrécignéMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayLes Hauts-d'AnjouMeslay-du-MaineChâteau-Gontier-sur-MayenneSablé-sur-SarthePrécignéMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayLes Hauts-d'AnjouGrez-en-Bouère
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Grez-en-Bouère980—————
Meslay-du-Maine2,7795.5A+AA+A−
Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne16,5848.9ABC+A−
Sablé-sur-Sarthe Sarthe12,3269.4B−A−DB+
Précigné Sarthe2,87712A+B+AB−
Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray Maine-et-Loire3,68712—A—B+
Les Hauts-d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire8,75113AA−BA−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Grez-en-Bouère

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

Grez-en-Bouère is a commune of 980 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
980 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Meslay-Grez
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
10.7 sq mi (27.6 km²)
INSEE code
53110

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.