Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,671 people call this town in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire home.
With an A+ overall, Villaines-la-Juhel is better than 95% of compared French towns and ranks #11 of 16 in Mayenne. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The catch is jobs & income — 2.1 jobs per working resident; 13.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,037/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Villaines-la-Juhel 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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The 3 things Villaines-la-Juhel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Villaines-la-Juhel, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Villaines-la-Juhel before 1900, the earliest Vital Bruneau, in 1835.
Villaines-la-Juhel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Georges (ancienne): Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villaines-la-Juhel.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 93% were houses. Villaines-la-Juhel recorded 104 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,044/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 7.6% of the population. The median resident of Villaines-la-Juhel is 57.5 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Villaines-la-Juhel | Mayenne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Mayenne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,640 a year. 15.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Villaines-la-Juhel didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 47 offenses in Villaines-la-Juhel in 2025. Jobs outnumber working residents in Villaines-la-Juhel (1,850 to 900): it draws people in from around. Violence against people ran at 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.7 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (2025).
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 other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (15.1% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Villaines-la-Juhel has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Villaines-la-Juhel is Centre hospitalier Nord Mayenne, 15.3 mi away. 560 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 521: 7% above. Average lifespans in Mayenne: 86.5 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Mayenne town has 3 family doctors.
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.
2 notable people were born in Villaines-la-Juhel.
Madeleine Grey: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Villaines-la-Juhel is a commune of 2,671 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villaines-la-Juhel | 2,671 | — | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
| Évron | 8,252 | 15 | A+ | A | B | B+ |
| Rives d'Andaine Orne | 2,844 | 15 | — | A | — | B− |
| Mayenne | 12,883 | 16 | B+ | A− | C− | A− |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie Orne | 2,699 | 16 | A+ | B+ | A− | A |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées | 2,619 | 16 | — | A+ | — | C+ |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 2,928 | 17 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 16 in Mayenne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villaines-la-Juhel grades A+ for cost of living.
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 9, 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.
