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MézangersMayenne

A town of 627 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.

Is Mézangers a good place to live?

Mézangers isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Château du Rocher
Château du Rocher · Classé · Photo: MontdErve · Public domain
Mézangers’ story

Mézangers in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Mézangers counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean-Charles Antoine Morel de Dieusie, born in 1748, is the one person born in Mézangers before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1963First protected: Château du Rocher
  • 1997Most recently protected: Ancien logis seigneurial de la Grande Coudrière
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mézangers.

Who lives here

Mézangers has fewer older residents than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over

Degrees are held by a fifth of adults. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.

46.8median age
MézangersMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mézangers
MézangersMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6434%26%26%
65+19%27%22%
No diploma16%24%19%
CAP or BEP39%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education20%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Mézangers keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Mézangers is Château du Rocher. On the Culture ministry’s list, Mézangers counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

14th c.
oldest protected part
1963
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Mézangers are out of work than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.3%

5.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs based in Mézangers number 50, against 300 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Mézangers didn’t travel to work at all.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Mézangers, 0.2 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 7.7 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away.

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Mézangers90.6%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Mézangers91.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège12093%+15 pts
Lycée polyvalent Raoul VadepiedNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée6598%±0 pts

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98%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
80%
passed the vocational bac, −9 pts against the expected rate
90.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +7.7 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mézangers than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.94/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Mézangers recorded 21 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.94/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mézangers€8.94/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Mayenne median€9.49/m²
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.95 to €11.50/m² a month)
€7.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château du Rocher and 4 more in and around Mézangers

Heritage and family days out in and near Mézangers. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mézangers

13pages on Mézangers

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Mézangers counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château du Rocher: Photo: MontdErve · Public domain

Famous people from Mézangers

One notable person was born in Mézangers.

Their page →

Mézangers’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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ÉvronMontsûrsMayenneArgentréVillaines-la-JuhelLouvernéÉvronMontsûrsMayenneArgentréVillaines-la-JuhelLouvernéMézangers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mézangers627—————
Évron8,2523.1A+ABB+
Montsûrs3,1926.5A+AA+B
Mayenne12,88312B+A−C−A−
Argentré2,90612A+A−A+A
Villaines-la-Juhel2,67113A+A+A−B−
Louverné4,34414A+BAA

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Mézangers

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

Mézangers is a commune of 627 people in the Communauté de communes des Coëvrons. 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

Population
627 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Coëvrons
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
11.4 sq mi (29.6 km²)
INSEE code
53153

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.