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A town of 607 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire.

Is Vautorte a good place to live?

Vautorte is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Vautorte stand out

The one thing Vautorte does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Allée couverte de la cote 197 en forêt de Mayenne
Allée couverte de la cote 197 en forêt de Mayenne · Classé · Photo: SYGREF · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vautorte’s story

Vautorte in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vautorte: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Abraham Goyet-Dubignon, born in 1747, is the one person born in Vautorte before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1990First protected: Allée couverte de la cote 197 en forêt de Mayenne
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vautorte.

Who lives here

A town of families: 20% of people in Vautorte are under 15, more than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns

Vautorte sits above both Mayenne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Over-65s are 18% of the population.

43median age
VautorteMayenne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vautorte
VautorteMayenne medianFrance median
Under 1520%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+18%27%22%
No diploma21%24%19%
CAP or BEP31%29%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education20%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Vautorte: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

That puts Vautorte above both Mayenne’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vautorte: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Vautorte is Allée couverte de la cote 197 en forêt de Mayenne.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1990
first monument protected
27%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Vautorte than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns: 2.5%

On this, Vautorte is below both Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 5.6%. Vautorte has 100 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Vautorte, 0.4 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Vautorte costs less than in Mayenne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.58/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Vautorte comes below both Mayenne’s towns (€9.49/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,246/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Vautorte from July 2023 to June 2026.

€1,246/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Vautorte€1,246/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Mayenne median€1,696/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,246/m²39
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.82 to €9.89/m² a month)
€7.08/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Houx and 2 more in and around Vautorte

Heritage in and near Vautorte. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vautorte

13pages on Vautorte

Landmarks

Vautorte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Allée couverte de la cote 197 en forêt de Mayenne: Photo: SYGREF · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Vautorte

2 notable people were born in Vautorte.

Their page →

Vautorte’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Mayenne →
ErnéeMayenneAmbrières-les-ValléesLouvernéChangéSaint-BerthevinErnéeMayenneAmbrières-les-ValléesLouvernéChangéSaint-BerthevinVautorte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vautorte607—————
Ernée5,4994.6A+AB−A−
Mayenne12,8839.9B+A−C−A−
Ambrières-les-Vallées2,61912—A+—C+
Louverné4,34414A+BAA
Changé6,50214A−C+B−A
Saint-Berthevin7,47916A+B−B−A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Vautorte

Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire

Vautorte is a commune of 607 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Ernée. 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

Population
607 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Ernée
Département
Mayenne (53)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
9.4 sq mi (24.3 km²)
INSEE code
53269

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.