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LarchampMayenne

A town of 1,001 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.

Is Larchamp a good place to live?

Larchamp has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Larchamp stand out

The one thing Larchamp does most differently from other towns.

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How Larchamp grades

Each subject compares Larchamp 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.

How grading works

Cost of livingA+Open →WalkabilityDOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns · less sure: likely between C+ and AA−Open →Jobs & income5.0% unemploymentB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Larchamp’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Larchamp’s story

No historic monuments in Larchamp

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

The nearest classé monument is Menhir de la Broussardière, in Montaudin, 2.4 mi away.

25% 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 Larchamp.

HousingCost of living A+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Larchamp 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.

On this, Larchamp is below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,176/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Larchamp from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,176/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Larchamp€1,176/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,176/m²60
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.82 to €9.89/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,800
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Ernée

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Unemployment in Larchamp, 5.0%, runs below Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Larchamp comes below both Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Larchamp has 200 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 4.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Larchamp, 0.5 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth A−

Larchamp’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 75% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

From 2016 to 2025, 87 residents of Larchamp died, against 111 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.

−21%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Larchamp · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Fougeres
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Who lives here

Fewer people in Larchamp hold a degree than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 17%

For Larchamp, that is below both Mayenne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%).

46.7median age
LarchampMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Larchamp
LarchampMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma27%24%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education17%25%30%

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

Safety

Larchamp has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Larchamp in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.

4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0

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.

4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de la Pihoraye and 2 more in and around Larchamp

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Larchamp. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Larchamp

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Landmarks

Nothing in Larchamp is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Larchamp

One notable person was born in Larchamp.

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Larchamp’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 →
ErnéeFougèresLécousseLouvigné-du-DésertSaint-Hilaire-du-HarcouëtMaen RochErnéeFougèresLécousseLouvigné-du-DésertSaint-Hilaire-du-HarcouëtMaen RochLarchamp
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Larchamp1,001——A+—A−
Ernée5,4995.1A+AB−A−
Fougères Ille-et-Vilaine20,3078.8B−BDB+
Lécousse Ille-et-Vilaine3,5309.8A+BA−A+
Louvigné-du-Désert Ille-et-Vilaine3,34610AABB
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Manche5,77016A−ACB
Maen Roch Ille-et-Vilaine5,08816AB+B+B+

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

Questions about Larchamp

Is Larchamp safe?

Larchamp has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Larchamp expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,176/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Larchamp grades A+ for cost of living.

About Larchamp

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

Larchamp is a commune of 1,001 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
1,001 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Ernée
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
16 sq mi (41.4 km²)
INSEE code
53126

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 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.