Prée-d'Anjou’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,418/m² takes 3.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier. The weak point is walkability (D). Just 11% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Prée-d'Anjou 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 Prée-d'Anjou 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 Prée-d'Anjou.
Who lives here
Children make up 24% of Prée-d'Anjou, above Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, higher than both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Prée-d'Anjou is 36 years old. Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults.
36median age
Prée-d'AnjouMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Prée-d'Anjou’s ages would predict, 65 per 100 expected, under Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Mayenne live to 86.5 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 73 deaths in Prée-d'Anjou from 2016 to 2025; there were 47, 35% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Prée-d'Anjou is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou, 5.7 mi away.
−35%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw65
Adjusted65
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Prée-d'Anjou · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
5.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Prée-d'Anjou than in Mayenne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.85/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
56 sales of houses and apartments in Prée-d'Anjou, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,418/m². House rents are put at about €7.56/m² a month. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,418/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Prée-d'Anjou€1,418/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,422/m²
55
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.75 to €11.59/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Prée-d'Anjou is harder to get around on foot than 88% of compared French towns
5.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 5.1%, below Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Prée-d'Anjou has 250 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Prée-d'Anjou, 0.4 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,910
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 12% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Prée-d'Anjou
Is Prée-d'Anjou safe?
Prée-d'Anjou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 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 Prée-d'Anjou expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,418/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Prée-d'Anjou grades A for cost of living.
About Prée-d'Anjou
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Prée-d'Anjou is a commune of 1,381 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Château-Gontier. 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.
