Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Lassay-les-Châteaux 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.
Each subject compares Lassay-les-Châteaux 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lassay-les-Châteaux.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lassay-les-Châteaux than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: €6.78/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,196/m², below Mayenne’s towns (€1,696/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The market in Lassay-les-Châteaux: 113 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.42/m² a month.
€1,196/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lassay-les-Châteaux€1,196/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,160/m²
112
€6.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.05 to €9.10/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Mayenne Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Lassay-les-Châteaux skews older, with 33% of residents 65 or over, more than in Mayenne’s towns and across compared French towns
Among adults, 20% have a degree. 13% are under 15, below both Mayenne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
55.5median age
Lassay-les-ChâteauxMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Lassay-les-Châteaux sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lassay-les-Châteaux is Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne, 10.7 mi away. 692 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 477: 45% above. At birth, a girl in Mayenne can expect 86.5 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Lassay-les-Châteaux can choose among 2 GPs.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw145
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Lassay-les-Châteaux · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
10.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Lassay-les-Châteaux: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Mayenne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. Among the classé monuments in Lassay-les-Châteaux is Château de Bois-Thibaut (restes). The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1994.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Fewer people in Lassay-les-Châteaux are out of work than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.1%
At the census, 10.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,190 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
1,050
jobs based in Lassay-les-Châteaux, 1.2 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,190
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lassay-les-Châteaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Lassay-les-Châteaux has 1,050 jobs for 850 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The 2025 count: 15 offenses here. Graded property crimes ran at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.1 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (2025).
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence9
Criminal damage6
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence8
Fraud8
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.7%
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 · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 30.7% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Lassay and 3 more in and around Lassay-les-Châteaux
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Lassay-les-Châteaux. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lassay-les-Châteaux
Is Lassay-les-Châteaux safe?
Lassay-les-Châteaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Lassay-les-Châteaux good?
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lassay-les-Châteaux expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lassay-les-Châteaux grades A+ for cost of living.
About Lassay-les-Châteaux
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Lassay-les-Châteaux is a commune of 2,247 people in the Communauté de communes Mayenne Communauté. 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
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.
