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A town of 2,273 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire. Over-65s are 31% of the population.
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €896/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson 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 2 things Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson 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.
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit La Pierre au Diable, in Saint-Pierre-des-Nids, 5.4 mi away.
20% 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 Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson: 111 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €928/m² | 109 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 11.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des AvaloirsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 93%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson in two is 51.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson. The nearest emergency department to Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson is Centre hospitalier les Andaines, 11.8 mi away. 358 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 336: 6% above. Also worth knowing: women in Mayenne live to 86.5 on average and men to 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Median disposable income comes to €23,140 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson | 2,273 | — | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Villaines-la-Juhel | 2,671 | 8.8 | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
| La Ferté Macé Orne | 5,071 | 12 | B | A− | D | C |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie Orne | 2,699 | 12 | A+ | B+ | A− | A |
| Rives d'Andaine Orne | 2,844 | 12 | — | A | — | B− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 3,636 | 13 | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Alençon Orne | 25,490 | 14 | C | A− | D− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson is a commune of 2,273 people in the Communauté de communes du Mont des Avaloirs. 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 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.