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With 7,479 residents, it is a town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At A+ overall, Saint-Berthevin ranks #10 of 16 in Mayenne. Nationally, it does better than 95% of compared French towns. The local economy does well (A): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,098/m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Berthevin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Berthevin 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.
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Saint-Berthevin has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1989.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Saint-Berthevin. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de la Coudre4.3 km east, in Laval
MuseumMusée d'Art naïf et d'Arts singuliers4.3 km east, in Laval
Manor houseHôtel Périer du Bignon4.1 km east, in Laval
MuseumMusée des sciences de Laval4.4 km east, in LavalAttractionAttractionRocher d'escalade St Berthevinin townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Berthevin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 978 deaths in Saint-Berthevin from 2016 to 2025; there were 710, 27% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Mayenne is 86.5 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 7 GPs practise in the town.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #7 of 15 in Mayenne. At the four general lycées, 98% of 924 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques MonodNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 85%−1 pt |
| Lycée Haute-Follis - Campus enseignement sup EC 53 PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 102 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Immaculée Conception PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 56 | 98%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €26,720 a year per consumption unit. 7.0% of the labour force were unemployed, near Mayenne’s towns (6.7%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Saint-Berthevin went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 29% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, close to both Mayenne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Line up the people of Saint-Berthevin by age and the one in the middle is 48.9.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Berthevin | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3.6% of the total, below both Mayenne’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
261 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Berthevin, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,098/m². Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,099/m² | 236 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Saint-Berthevin, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). With 5,400 jobs for 3,100 working residents, Saint-Berthevin draws people in from neighbouring communes. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Berthevin show 151 offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.4 violent offenses and 13.7 graded property crimes a year.
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 · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.0% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Berthevin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ensemble chaufournier des Brosses: Photo: Fab5669 · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Saint-Berthevin.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | — | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 2.7 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Changé | 6,502 | 2.8 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 4.2 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | 5.2 | — | A− | — | A |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval | 6,302 | 5.9 | A+ | B+ | A | A |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 6.3 | A+ | B | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #12 of 16 in Mayenne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #7 of 15 in Mayenne. 98% of 102 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Haute-Follis - Campus enseignement sup EC 53 in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,098/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Berthevin grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Berthevin is a commune of 7,479 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.