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A town of 1,193 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire. Only 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Louvigné has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,860/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 54% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Louvigné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Louvigné 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Louvigné; none is classé, France’s top protection.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Marie Jamin, born in 1775, is the one person born in Louvigné before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louvigné.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 57 deaths in Louvigné from 2016 to 2025; there were 26, 54% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Louvigné is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 6.9 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
150 jobs are based in Louvigné, for 550 working residents (0.2 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 2.9% of commuters travelled at the census. 5.7% of the labour force were unemployed, below Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Louvigné has a median age of 37.2.
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Louvigné | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,860/m²: 36 houses and apartments sold in Louvigné between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.44/m² a month, close to Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 36 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,860/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Louvigné has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Louvigné has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Louvigné.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louvigné | 1,193 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Argentré | 2,906 | 1.9 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 3.3 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 5.6 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 6.4 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 6.8 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Montsûrs | 3,192 | 7 | A+ | A | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Louvigné has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,860/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Louvigné grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Louvigné is a commune of 1,193 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 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.