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La BigottièreMayenne

The town, home to 489 people, lies in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.

Is La Bigottière a good place to live?

La Bigottière has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.

What makes La Bigottière stand out

The one thing La Bigottière does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Menhir dit du Faix du Diable
Menhir dit du Faix du Diable · Classé · Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0
La Bigottière’s story

La Bigottière in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, La Bigottière counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1925.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1925First protected: Menhir dit du Faix du Diable
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bigottière.

Who lives here

A town of families: 24% of people in La Bigottière are under 15, more than in both Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 28% have a degree. Typical age in La Bigottière: 38.8, the median.

38.8median age
La BigottièreMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Bigottière
La BigottièreMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1524%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4427%20%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+14%27%22%
No diploma17%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%29%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education28%25%30%

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

History

La Bigottière keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 35% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in La Bigottière is Menhir dit du Faix du Diable. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1925
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in La Bigottière are out of work than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: 2.8%

50 jobs are based in La Bigottière, for 250 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €25,540 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in La Bigottière, 0.2 per working resident
2.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.

96.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

La Bigottière96.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège des 7 FontainesNearest collègeCollègeCollège9096%+4 pts
96.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in La Bigottière than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.58/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 19 homes were sold in La Bigottière.

€7.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Bigottière€7.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Mayenne median€9.49/m²
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.82 to €9.89/m² a month)
€7.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Le Château and 3 more in and around La Bigottière

Heritage in and near La Bigottière. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Bigottière

13pages on La Bigottière

Landmarks

La Bigottière has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Menhir dit du Faix du Diable: Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from La Bigottière

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Bigottière yet.

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La Bigottière’s neighbors

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

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LouvernéChangéErnéeMayenneSaint-BerthevinLavalLouvernéChangéErnéeMayenneSaint-BerthevinLavalLa Bigottière
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Bigottière489—————
Louverné4,3447.7A+BAA
Changé6,5028.1A−C+B−A
Ernée5,4998.4A+AB−A−
Mayenne12,88310B+A−C−A−
Saint-Berthevin7,47910A+B−B−A
Laval49,40010BB−DB+

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

About La Bigottière

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

La Bigottière is a commune of 489 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

Population
489 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Ernée
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
7.2 sq mi (18.7 km²)
INSEE code
53031

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.