Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 1,965 people live in this town, in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Where it does best is health (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Baconnière 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 La Baconnière does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Baconnière 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.
La Baconnière 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 La Baconnière as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit du Faix du Diable, in La Bigottière, 5.9 mi away.
13% 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 La Baconnière.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Baconnière is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 9.4 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 189 residents of La Baconnière died, against 162 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. Average lifespans in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of La Baconnière have one GP on hand.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
75 sales of houses and apartments in La Baconnière, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,520/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,520/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, higher than Mayenne’s towns (25%) and near compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: la Baconnière has a median age of 35.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Baconnière | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
4.9% of the labour force are out of work. Per resident in work, La Baconnière counts 0.3 jobs (250 jobs, 950 workers). Households’ median disposable income: €25,810 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in La Baconnière is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Baconnière yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Baconnière | 1,965 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Changé | 6,502 | 7.4 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 8.1 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | 8.4 | — | A− | — | A |
| Ernée | 5,499 | 8.4 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 9.3 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 9.5 | B | B− | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Baconnière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 3.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,520/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Baconnière grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
La Baconnière is a commune of 1,965 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
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.