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This town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire has a population of 1,366.
Montigné-le-Brillant’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 51% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 70% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Montigné-le-Brillant 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 one thing Montigné-le-Brillant does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montigné-le-Brillant 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.
Montigné-le-Brillant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montigné-le-Brillant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir de Rouessé, in Laval, 3.6 mi away.
17% 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 Montigné-le-Brillant.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Mayenne, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 41 deaths in Montigné-le-Brillant between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 83: 51% below. The nearest emergency department to Montigné-le-Brillant is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 4 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 · 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.
Sales in Montigné-le-Brillant from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,480 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Montigné-le-Brillant number 100, against 650 residents in work (0.2 per worker). 5.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 9.2% of the population. 18% of residents are 65 or over, below Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Montigné-le-Brillant | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Montigné-le-Brillant, other physical violence came up most often (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4 violent offenses and 4.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage in and near Montigné-le-Brillant. Best known first.
Nothing in Montigné-le-Brillant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montigné-le-Brillant.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montigné-le-Brillant | 1,366 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 2.2 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 4.1 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 4.4 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Changé | 6,502 | 6.2 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Cossé-le-Vivien | 3,174 | 6.7 | A− | A | A+ | C− |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 6.7 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montigné-le-Brillant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Montigné-le-Brillant is a commune of 1,366 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) · 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.