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The town, home to 1,827 people, lies in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add safety to its strengths — an average of 7.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B for jobs & income. The median price paid is €1,509/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Port-Brillet 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 Port-Brillet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Port-Brillet 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.
Port-Brillet 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 Port-Brillet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye cistercienne de Clairmont, in La Brûlatte, 1.9 mi away.
15% 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 Port-Brillet.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. Port-Brillet recorded 81 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,509/m² | 79 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17 offenses were reported in Port-Brillet during 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 other physical violence, sexual 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, 24.5% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de MisedonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 87%−4 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 99%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Port-Brillet number 700, against 850 residents in work (0.8 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €24,100 a year per consumption unit, about level with Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Port-Brillet went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Port-Brillet have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Port-Brillet is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 9.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 295 residents of Port-Brillet died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. In Mayenne, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, below Mayenne’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents. Half of Port-Brillet is older than 43.9, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Port-Brillet | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Port-Brillet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Port-Brillet yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Brillet | 1,827 | — | — | A | A− | C+ |
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | 3.8 | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 7.1 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Changé | 6,502 | 8.5 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Argentré-du-Plessis Ille-et-Vilaine | 4,633 | 9.3 | — | B | — | A+ |
| Laval | 49,400 | 9.6 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Vitré Ille-et-Vilaine | 19,365 | 11 | A | C+ | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Port-Brillet grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Port-Brillet is a commune of 1,827 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.