FR Cette page existe en français : Sarthe en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. Home › France › Sarthe Pays de la Loire · Département 72 Find your town in Sarthe Sarthe has 352 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 41 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 81 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
31 graded towns
15 grade A− or better
352 towns and villages
Le Mans largest · 146,249
Sarthe at a glance What Sarthe is like The median ranked town in Sarthe grades highest on cost of living and health against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subject The median ranked town in Sarthe against French towns · the line marks the median French town
Cost of living A− ahead of 77% Health B+ ahead of 66% Walkability B ahead of 57% Safety B ahead of 56% Schools B− ahead of 52% Jobs & income B− ahead of 50% The finder
Find a town that’s… 31 towns · ordered by Sarthe rank
#1 in Sarthe A+ Town · 3,796 people · #15 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Walkability
#2 in Sarthe A+ Town · 4,693 people · #18 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA HealthLowest B Walkability
#3 in Sarthe A+ Town · 5,358 people · #28 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C− Walkability
#4 in Sarthe A+ Town · 2,556 people · #34 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ HealthA Cost of livingLowest B− Jobs & income
#5 in Sarthe A+ Town · 4,031 people · #154 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Jobs & incomeLowest C Walkability
#6 in Sarthe A+ Town · 2,877 people · #176 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyB+ Cost of livingLowest B− Health
#7 in Sarthe A Town · 3,851 people · #354 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest B− Cost of living
#8 in Sarthe A Town · 5,244 people · #380 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsB+ HealthLowest B− Jobs & income
#9 in Sarthe A Town · 3,187 people · #383 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA SafetyLowest D Health
#10 in Sarthe A Town · 3,703 people · #471 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− HealthLowest C Jobs & income
#11 in Sarthe A Town · 3,666 people · #525 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ Jobs & incomeLowest B− Schools
#12 in Sarthe A− Town · 2,774 people · #573 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest D Safety
#13 in Sarthe A− Town · 3,341 people · #576 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA− Cost of livingLowest C Walkability
#14 in Sarthe A− Town · 4,181 people · #628 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Schools
#15 in Sarthe A− Town · 3,983 people · #821 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA Cost of livingLowest C− Jobs & income
#16 in Sarthe B+ Town · 8,740 people · #1,008 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest C− Safety
#17 in Sarthe B+ Town · 6,911 people · #1,049 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− HealthLowest D Schools
#18 in Sarthe B+ Town · 2,780 people · #1,159 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest C Safety
#19 in Sarthe B+ Town · 3,697 people · #1,204 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ Cost of livingLowest D Walkability
#20 in Sarthe B+ Town · 3,481 people · #1,226 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeB HealthLowest C− Schools
#21 in Sarthe B+ Town · 2,928 people · #1,234 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Cost of livingB+ HealthLowest D Schools
#22 in Sarthe B Town · 5,445 people · #1,333 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeB+ WalkabilityLowest D Schools
#23 in Sarthe B Town · 2,948 people · #1,365 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ Cost of livingA− WalkabilityLowest C Safety
#24 in Sarthe B Town · 5,641 people · #1,441 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− WalkabilityLowest D Safety
#25 in Sarthe B Town · 4,996 people · #1,479 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA Cost of livingLowest C− Jobs & income
#26 in Sarthe B Town · 4,868 people · #1,580 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingB SafetyLowest D− Schools
#27 in Sarthe B− Town · 12,326 people · #1,894 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest D Safety
#28 in Sarthe C+ Town · 14,947 people · #2,193 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest D Safety
#29 in Sarthe C+ Town · 8,121 people · #2,259 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB HealthLowest D Jobs & income
#30 in Sarthe C Town · 10,739 people · #2,550 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest C− Safety
#31 in Sarthe C City · 146,249 people · #2,612 of 3,798 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB+ HealthLowest D Safety
Show all 31 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
8 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
No overall grade Towns without an overall grade Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
Laigné-Saint-Gervais 4,252 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Schools A, Health B−, Jobs & income B, Walkability C+ Guécélard 3,202 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Health A, Jobs & income B+, Walkability C− Teloché 3,067 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Schools A, Health B, Jobs & income B−, Walkability C Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Health C+, Jobs & income B, Walkability C Spay 2,808 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living B+, Schools D, Health A, Jobs & income A+, Walkability B Cherré-Au 2,758 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Schools B−, Health A−, Jobs & income A+, Walkability C Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A−, Schools C, Health B+, Jobs & income B, Walkability C− La Milesse 2,617 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish; no School Grade: no collège with published results within 5 km. Graded on its page: Cost of living B, Health B+, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B+ Vibraye 2,523 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A+, Schools A+, Health B+, Jobs & income B, Walkability B+ Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 2,514 people · No Safety Grade: over a quarter of its Safety index would come from the département’s average for crimes too few to publish. Graded on its page: Cost of living A, Schools A+, Health B+, Jobs & income A−, Walkability B− Every town and village 311 smaller towns and villages in Sarthe With the 41 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 352 communes of Sarthe, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Aigné1,695 Arçonnay1,902 Aubigné-Racan2,158 Auvers-le-Hamon1,445 Ballon-Saint Mars2,273 Bazouges Cré sur Loir1,977 Beaufay1,522 Beaumont-sur-Sarthe1,972 Bessé-sur-Braye1,972 Bouloire2,127 Brette-les-Pins2,131 Brûlon1,549 Challes1,156 Champfleur1,282 Chaufour-Notre-Dame1,173 Clermont-Créans1,293 Conlie1,833 Coulans-sur-Gée1,605 Dollon1,427 Domfront-en-Champagne1,069 Duneau1,078 Étival-lès-le-Mans1,826 Fillé1,562 Fyé1,013 Joué-l'Abbé1,267 Juigné-sur-Sarthe1,141 La Chapelle-d'Aligné1,729 La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin2,256 La Chartre-sur-le-Loir1,370 La Guierche1,300 Le Bailleul1,217 Le Breil-sur-Mérize1,552 Le Grand-Lucé1,949 Le Luart1,460 Loir en Vallée2,044 Lombron1,960 Loué2,156 Louplande1,505 Luceau1,225 Luché-Pringé1,535 Malicorne-sur-Sarthe1,854 Mansigné1,555 Marçon1,057 Marigné-Laillé1,653 Marolles-les-Braults2,039 Mézeray1,841 Montbizot1,841 Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois1,003 Neuville-sur-Sarthe2,463 Oizé1,322 Parcé-sur-Sarthe1,950 Parigné-le-Pôlin1,037 Pontvallain1,607 Pruillé-le-Chétif1,329 Requeil1,108 Rouillon2,382 Saint-Corneille1,510 Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais1,927 Saint-Georges-du-Bois2,285 Saint-Jean-d'Assé1,790 Saint-Mars-d'Outillé2,483 Saint-Ouen-en-Belin1,313 Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain2,076 Saint-Pavace2,007 Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe1,950 Sillé-le-Guillaume2,195 Sillé-le-Philippe1,085 Solesmes1,240 Souligné-sous-Ballon1,244 Tennie1,000 Thorigné-sur-Dué1,637 Torcé-en-Vallée1,397 Trangé1,637 Tuffé Val de la Chéronne1,680 Vaas1,371 Val-de-la-Hune1,521 Villaines-sous-Malicorne1,032 Villeneuve-en-Perseigne2,174 Vion1,366 Voivres-lès-le-Mans1,345 Yvré-le-Pôlin1,717 230 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades Next door Départements next to Sarthe The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
What is the best place to live in Sarthe? La Bazoge ranks first of 31 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and jobs & income (A) are its strongest grades; walkability (C+) is its lowest. La Suze-sur-Sarthe and Parigné-l'Évêque follow.
How do the biggest towns in Sarthe grade? Le Mans (146,249 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in walkability. La Flèche (14,947 people) grades C+ overall, with its best grade in cost of living.
How are these towns ranked? By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Sarthe, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Sarthe on TownRatings? Yes: all 352 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 41 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 81 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 230 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked? The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Cherré-Au and Guécélard and Laigné-Saint-Gervais and La Milesse and 6 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: La Bazoge, Stephvvv (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · La Suze-sur-Sarthe, Skouame (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Parigné-l'Évêque, Yodaspirine (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Noyen-sur-Sarthe, Matéo Guyon (CC0 ) · Savigné-l'Évêque, Mairie de Savigné L'Evêque (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Précigné, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Sargé-lès-le-Mans, Metilsteiner (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Mulsanne, Alkhimov Maxim (CC BY 3.0 ) · Mayet, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Bonnétable, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Champagné, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Saint-Saturnin, Stephvvv (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Cérans-Foulletourte, Yannou72 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Yvré-l'Évêque, Le Mans (CC BY 3.0 ) · Le Lude, Duch.gege (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · La Ferté-Bernard, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Changé, Stephvvv alias OldLion (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Connerré, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Moncé-en-Belin, Gregofhuest (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Ruaudin, Stephvvv alias OldLion (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Arnage, Labiloute (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Saint-Calais, Lionel Allorge (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Montval-sur-Loir, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Mamers, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Écommoy, Mairie ecommoy (Public domain ) · Sablé-sur-Sarthe, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · La Flèche, Skouame (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Coulaines, Touzé Eric (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Allonnes, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Le Mans, David Brossard (CC BY-SA 2.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
