Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,429/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Pierre-des-Nids 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 Saint-Pierre-des-Nids 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Menhir dit La Pierre au Diable · Classé · Photo: Simon de l'Ouest · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids’ story
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Pierre-des-Nids counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2014.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1978First protected: Menhir dit La Pierre au Diable
1996Most recently protected: Château du Plessis-Bochard
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Saint-Pierre-des-Nids works less well than 86% of compared French towns
The median disposable income was €24,420 a year per consumption unit, near Mayenne’s towns (€24,995) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 4.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Of those in the labour force, 8.6% are unemployed.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Saint-Pierre-des-Nids, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 14% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids skews older, with 30% of residents 65 or over, more than in Mayenne’s towns and across compared French towns
14% are under 15, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Graduates make up 20% of adults.
51.9median age
Saint-Pierre-des-NidsMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Pierre-des-Nids is Menhir dit La Pierre au Diable. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Pierre-des-Nids counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2014. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids records 89 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 78 in Mayenne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
242 deaths in Saint-Pierre-des-Nids between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 240: 1% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Pierre-des-Nids is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers, 8.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Pierre-des-Nids have one GP on hand. 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.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Pierre-des-Nids · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
8.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Saint-Pierre-des-Nids. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 9 graded property crimes a year. Recorded offenses locally came to 19 in 2025.
4.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence7
Burglary6
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud6
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.
4.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
35.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 35.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château du Plessis-Bochard and 5 more in and around Saint-Pierre-des-Nids
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Saint-Pierre-des-Nids. Best known first.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Pierre-des-Nids counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Pierre-des-Nids
Is Saint-Pierre-des-Nids safe?
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Is Saint-Pierre-des-Nids expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Pierre-des-Nids grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Pierre-des-Nids
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids is a commune of 1,748 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
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.
