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Home to 1,769 people, this town lies in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot — 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for jobs & income. The median price paid is €1,596/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt 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 Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt 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.
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The one thing Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt; none is classé, France’s top protection.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Fresnay: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 50 homes were sold in Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt. That is the middle of 50 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,696/m² for the median of compared towns in Mayenne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,566/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Per resident in work, Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt counts 0.5 jobs (450 jobs, 850 workers). The median disposable income is €24,600 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, near Mayenne’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. 16% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Mayenne is 86.5 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 257 deaths in Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt from 2016 to 2025; there were 304, 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 11.2 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Heritage in and near Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt. Best known first.
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt is a commune of 1,769 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt | 1,769 | — | — | A | — | B− |
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | 7.3 | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 9.4 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Ernée | 5,499 | 9.4 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
| Changé | 6,502 | 9.8 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Argentré-du-Plessis Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,633 | 11 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Vitré Ille-et-Vilaine | 19,365 | 11 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt grades A for cost of living.
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.