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This town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire has a population of 2,758.
Where it does best is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,887/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. Walkability is its weak spot — just over half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Only 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Loiron-Ruillé has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Loiron-Ruillé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Loiron-Ruillé 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.
Loiron-Ruillé has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Loiron-Ruillé 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, 2.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Loiron-Ruillé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Loiron-Ruillé is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 7.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 165 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 117, 29% fewer. Life expectancy in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: there are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
78 sales of houses and apartments in Loiron-Ruillé, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,887/m². Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 78 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,907/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. For its 1,350 residents in work, Loiron-Ruillé has 600 jobs: 0.4 each. The median disposable income was €26,550 a year per consumption unit, above Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of residents. Typical age in Loiron-Ruillé: 37.7, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Loiron-Ruillé | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.2 (2023–2025 average). Loiron-Ruillé’s tally for 2025: 30 recorded offenses. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Loiron-Ruillé (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 39.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Loiron-Ruillé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Loiron-Ruillé yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 5.2 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Changé | 6,502 | 7.6 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 7.8 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Cossé-le-Vivien | 3,174 | 8.2 | A− | A | A+ | C− |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 8.3 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Argentré-du-Plessis Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,633 | 9.6 | — | B | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Loiron-Ruillé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,887/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Loiron-Ruillé grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Loiron-Ruillé is a commune of 2,758 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.