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A town of 1,063 in Orne, Normandy.
Sarceaux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Sarceaux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sarceaux 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sarceaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château des Ducs, in Argentan, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sarceaux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Orne live to 84.6 on average and men to 79.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Sarceaux is Centre hospitalier Fernand Leger Argentan, 2.1 mi away. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected.
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.
30% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Orne’s towns (14%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 26% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sarceaux | Orne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.4% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 31% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 19% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Orne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Sarceaux number 300, against 400 residents in work (0.7 per worker). The median disposable income was €26,470 a year per consumption unit, above Orne’s towns (€23,600) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: 2.6% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 182 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François TruffautNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 83%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Mézeray GabrielNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 182 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 60 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
24 houses and apartments changed hands in Sarceaux from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Sarceaux. Best known first.
Nothing in Sarceaux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sarceaux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarceaux | 1,063 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Argentan | 13,527 | 1.8 | B | A− | D | B |
| Gouffern en Auge | 3,636 | 7.6 | A | A− | A− | A− |
| Sées | 4,168 | 13 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
| Falaise Calvados | 7,680 | 14 | C− | B | D | D |
| La Ferté Macé | 5,071 | 17 | B | A− | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sarceaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Orne, Normandy
Sarceaux is a commune of 1,063 people in the Communauté de communes Terres d'Argentan Interco. 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) · 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.