Is Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes a good place to live?
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes’s best grade is for cost of living (A+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C+): 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for jobs & income. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes 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 Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes 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–
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Château · Classé · Photo: Jp.morteveille · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes’ story
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes counts 4 historic monuments: 3 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 1862.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes.
HousingCost of living A+
A home in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes sells for €1,170/m², less than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.37/m² a month, below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.04/m² a month. Sales in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes from July 2023 to June 2026: 46 houses and apartments.
€1,170/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes€1,170/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,170/m²
46
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.36 to €11.00/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Coëvrons
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 13% of Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes, fewer than in Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, higher than both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
51.5median age
Sainte-Suzanne-et-ChammesMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes has lower unemployment than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8%
For its 550 residents in work, Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes has 250 jobs: 0.4 each. 5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,270 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes, 0.4 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes is 18.7 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 132 deaths in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes from 2016 to 2025; there were 110, 17% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes records 83 deaths per 100 expected, above Mayenne’s towns (78) but below compared French towns (88). One GP practises locally. 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.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
18.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
18.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes keeps more of its old housing than Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes is Dolmen dit des Erves. On the Culture ministry’s list, Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes
Is Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes safe?
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes grades A+ for cost of living.
About Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes is a commune of 1,175 people in the Communauté de communes des Coëvrons. 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.
