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This town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire has a population of 2,166.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes sell for a median €1,839/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Genest-Saint-Isle 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.
The 2 things Le Genest-Saint-Isle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Genest-Saint-Isle 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.
Le Genest-Saint-Isle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Genest-Saint-Isle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye cistercienne de Clairmont, in La Brûlatte, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Genest-Saint-Isle.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Le Genest-Saint-Isle. Average lifespans in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Le Genest-Saint-Isle died, against 144 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 43% fewer.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.41/m² a month, close to Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.87/m² a month. 84 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Genest-Saint-Isle from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,841/m² | 83 |
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 7.4% of commuters travelled at the census. For its 1,050 residents in work, Le Genest-Saint-Isle has 650 jobs: 0.6 each. At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Le Genest-Saint-Isle didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 28% of adults hold a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Le Genest-Saint-Isle | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Le Genest-Saint-Isle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Genest-Saint-Isle.
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 Genest-Saint-Isle | 2,166 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | 3.5 | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 3.6 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Changé | 6,502 | 4.9 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 6 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 7.8 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 8.3 | A+ | B | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Genest-Saint-Isle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 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 Genest-Saint-Isle grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Le Genest-Saint-Isle is a commune of 2,166 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
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.