Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot (D). Few residents are of retirement age: 13% are 65 or over.
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. Parné-sur-Roc 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.
Each subject compares Parné-sur-Roc 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 Parné-sur-Roc.
HealthHealth A+
Deaths in Parné-sur-Roc run below what its ages would predict: 58 per 100 expected, fewer than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in Parné-sur-Roc from 2016 to 2025; there were 42, 42% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Parné-sur-Roc is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 6.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−42%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw58
Adjusted58
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Parné-sur-Roc · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Laval
6.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Laval
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Parné-sur-Roc are out of work than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.8%
Jobs based in Parné-sur-Roc number 250, against 700 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 3.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,440 a year per consumption unit.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Parné-sur-Roc, 0.4 per working resident
3.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 24% of people in Parné-sur-Roc are under 15, more than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults. People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). In addition, the 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.5% of residents.
37.8median age
Parné-sur-RocMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% 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
HousingCost of living A−
A typical home in Parné-sur-Roc sells for €1,862/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.44/m² a month, about level with Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.21/m² a month. Sales in Parné-sur-Roc from July 2023 to June 2026: 36 houses and apartments.
€1,862/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Parné-sur-Roc€1,862/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,862/m²
36
€9.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.32 to €12.17/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Parné-sur-Roc keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Parné-sur-Roc, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2005. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century.
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
11th c.
oldest protected part
1983
first monument protected
2005
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Parné-sur-Roc
Is Parné-sur-Roc safe?
Parné-sur-Roc has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Parné-sur-Roc expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Parné-sur-Roc grades A− for cost of living.
About Parné-sur-Roc
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Parné-sur-Roc is a commune of 1,378 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
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.
