Montsûrs grades A+ overall: better than almost every compared French town, and #6 of 16 in Mayenne. At the median price of €1,346/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Coëvrons. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Montsûrs 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montsûrs.
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is lower in Montsûrs than in 96% of compared French towns
In all, 47 offenses reached the police record in Montsûrs in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Montsûrs ranks 3rd of the 16 compared towns in Mayenne. The commonest graded crime in the town was family violence (2025).
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence20
Criminal damage17
Sexual violence10
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
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.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
47
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary, 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, 20.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Montsûrs keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Montsûrs: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Château de Bourgon. For its size, Montsûrs has 19 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Montsûrs sees 83 deaths per 100 expected, against 78 in Mayenne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Montsûrs is Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne, 11.2 mi away. 472 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 466: 1% above. Also worth knowing: in Mayenne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.5 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. This Mayenne town has 3 family doctors.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Montsûrs · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 18% of people in Montsûrs are under 15, more than in Mayenne’s towns and across compared French towns
Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, lower than Mayenne’s towns (27%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Montsûrs in two is 45.1.
45.1median age
MontsûrsMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Montsûrs has lower unemployment than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4%
7.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. 1,100 jobs are based in Montsûrs, for 1,400 working residents (0.8 per worker). The median disposable income was €24,680 a year per consumption unit, close to Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,100
jobs based in Montsûrs, 0.8 per working resident
5.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 46% of compared French towns
Château de la Roche-Pichemer: Photo: MontdErve · Public domain · Église Saint-Martin (ancienne): Photo: Bazouge53 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour dite Le Paradis aux Biques (ruines): Photo: Bazouge53 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Alphonse-Victor Angot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Joseph Boüessé: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain
Montsûrs’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montsûrs
Is Montsûrs safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 16 in Mayenne.
Are schools in Montsûrs good?
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #13 of 15 in Mayenne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montsûrs expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,346/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montsûrs grades A for cost of living.
About Montsûrs
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Montsûrs is a commune of 3,192 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
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.
