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4,672 residents make their home in this town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
L'Huisserie is a safe place by the numbers (A+): an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, L'Huisserie earns an A+, which places it #9 of 16 in Mayenne. That leaves it better than 95% of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,258/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. Schools do well (B+): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points above the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
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 L'Huisserie 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 one thing L'Huisserie does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in L'Huisserie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame d'Avesnière, in Laval, 2.5 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in L'Huisserie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Huisserie.
No compared town in Mayenne has less graded crime per resident than L'Huisserie: it ranks first of 16. The police record for L'Huisserie lists 41 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 17.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 83% of 243 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. The brevet pass rate near L'Huisserie is 89.2%, close to Mayenne’s towns (90.3%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). A collège lies 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 97%+6 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé d'Avesnières PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 222 | 99%±0 pts |
| Lycée RéaumurBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 166 | 99%+5 pts |
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 estimated advertised rent is €9.44/m² a month, near Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Behind the median of €2,258/m²: 126 houses and apartments sold in L'Huisserie between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,258/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Mayenne, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 448 deaths in L'Huisserie between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 433: 4% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to L'Huisserie is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 2.9 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
The median disposable income was €27,360 a year per consumption unit, above Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 600 jobs are based in L'Huisserie, for 2,000 working residents (0.3 per worker). Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.5% of the population. 23% of residents are 65 or over, below Mayenne’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| L'Huisserie | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near L'Huisserie. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de la Coudre3.9 km north, in Laval
MuseumMusée d'Art naïf et d'Arts singuliers5 km north, in Laval
MuseumLactopôle4 km north, in Laval
Manor houseHôtel Périer du Bignon4.7 km north, in Laval
MuseumMusée des sciences de Laval4.7 km north, in LavalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm L'Huisserie as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
L'Huisserie is a commune of 4,672 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | — | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Laval | 49,400 | 3.1 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 4.2 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 4.7 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| Changé | 6,502 | 5.3 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 7.1 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Argentré | 2,906 | 7.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 16 in Mayenne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #8 of 15 in Mayenne. 99% of 222 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé d'Avesnières in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,258/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so L'Huisserie grades B+ for cost of living.
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 9, 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.