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La Selle-CraonnaiseMayenne

895 people call this town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire home.

Is La Selle-Craonnaise a good place to live?

La Selle-Craonnaise is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

La Selle-Craonnaise’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Selle-Craonnaise’s story

No historic monuments in La Selle-Craonnaise

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Selle-Craonnaise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Grenier à sel, in Craon, 4.2 mi away.

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Selle-Craonnaise.

Who lives here

Few people in La Selle-Craonnaise are 65 or over: 19%, below Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. Half of La Selle-Craonnaise is older than 44.2, half younger.

44.2median age
La Selle-CraonnaiseMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Selle-Craonnaise
La Selle-CraonnaiseMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+19%27%22%
No diploma30%24%19%
CAP or BEP25%29%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education19%25%30%

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

Work & commute

La Selle-Craonnaise has lower unemployment than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5%

La Selle-Craonnaise holds 400 jobs; 400 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income was €25,120 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970).

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
On foot11%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in La Selle-Craonnaise, 1 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in La Selle-Craonnaise costs an estimated advertised €10.06/m² a month, against €9.49/m² in Mayenne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 24 homes in La Selle-Craonnaise.

€10.06/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Selle-Craonnaise€10.06/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Mayenne median€9.49/m²
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €12.85/m² a month)
€6.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Saint-Amadour and 3 more in and around La Selle-Craonnaise

Heritage in and near La Selle-Craonnaise. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about La Selle-Craonnaise

12pages on La Selle-Craonnaise

Landmarks

Nothing in La Selle-Craonnaise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from La Selle-Craonnaise

One notable person was born in La Selle-Craonnaise.

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La Selle-Craonnaise’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 →
RenazéCraonOmbrée d'AnjouCossé-le-VivienLa Guerche-de-BretagneMartigné-FerchaudRenazéCraonOmbrée d'AnjouCossé-le-VivienLa Guerche-de-BretagneMartigné-FerchaudLa Selle-Craonnaise
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Selle-Craonnaise895—————
Renazé2,5043.6—A−—A−
Craon4,4314.5A+A−BB
Ombrée d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire8,8138.6A−AB−A
Cossé-le-Vivien3,1749.3A−AA+C−
La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine4,55411A+A−B+B+
Martigné-Ferchaud Ille-et-Vilaine2,68813—B—C

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

About La Selle-Craonnaise

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

La Selle-Craonnaise is a commune of 895 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Craon. 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
895 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Craon
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
11.3 sq mi (29.4 km²)
INSEE code
53258

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 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.