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Some 2,152 people live in this town, in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 48% 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 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. The median home sells for €1,534/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Quelaines-Saint-Gault 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 Quelaines-Saint-Gault does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Quelaines-Saint-Gault 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.
Quelaines-Saint-Gault 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 Quelaines-Saint-Gault as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is La maison et le musée Robert-et-Lise-Tatin ou Archisculpture du Musée Robert-Tatin, in Cossé-le-Vivien, 4.5 mi away.
18% 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 Quelaines-Saint-Gault.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Quelaines-Saint-Gault has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Quelaines-Saint-Gault is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou, 8.2 mi away. 137 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 221: 38% below. 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 80 homes in Quelaines-Saint-Gault.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,534/m² | 80 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, near Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%). Quelaines-Saint-Gault holds 450 jobs; 1,000 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €24,480 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are a fifth of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, above both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Quelaines-Saint-Gault has a median age of 42.1 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Quelaines-Saint-Gault | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Quelaines-Saint-Gault is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Quelaines-Saint-Gault as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quelaines-Saint-Gault | 2,152 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Cossé-le-Vivien | 3,174 | 5.5 | A− | A | A+ | C− |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 6.9 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne | 16,584 | 8.3 | A | B | C+ | A− |
| Craon | 4,431 | 8.9 | A+ | A− | B | B |
| Laval | 49,400 | 9.9 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 10 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Quelaines-Saint-Gault has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Quelaines-Saint-Gault grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Quelaines-Saint-Gault is a commune of 2,152 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Craon. 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.