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Home to 1,785 people, this town lies in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits’s best grade is for health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 52% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot (C−) — 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Over-65s are only 15% of the population.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Ouën-des-Toits 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 Saint-Ouën-des-Toits does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Ouën-des-Toits 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.
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits 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 Saint-Ouën-des-Toits 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, 3.2 mi away.
16% 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 Saint-Ouën-des-Toits.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 126 deaths in Saint-Ouën-des-Toits from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 40% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Ouën-des-Toits is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 7.4 mi away. 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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,801/m²: 45 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Ouën-des-Toits between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,801/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Saint-Ouën-des-Toits: 300, for 900 residents in work (0.3 each). Median disposable income comes to €26,650 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 31% of adults. 15% of residents are 65 or over, below both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Ouën-des-Toits | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Ouën-des-Toits is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Ouën-des-Toits 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ouën-des-Toits | 1,785 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Loiron-Ruillé | 2,758 | 5.6 | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Berthevin | 7,479 | 5.7 | A+ | B− | B− | A |
| Changé | 6,502 | 5.9 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Laval | 49,400 | 7.6 | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Louverné | 4,344 | 8.7 | A+ | B | A | A |
| L'Huisserie | 4,672 | 9.9 | A+ | B+ | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,801/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Ouën-des-Toits grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits is a commune of 1,785 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 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.