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A town of 1,695 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Aigné has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,972/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% 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 Aigné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aigné 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Aigné as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Presbytère (ancien), in Domfront-en-Champagne, 4.9 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aigné.
Jobs located in Aigné: 200, for 800 residents in work (0.3 each). The median disposable income was €27,990 a year per consumption unit, above both Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 5.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are just over a fifth of the population here. 36% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Aigné by age and the one in the middle is 42.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Aigné | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
71 deaths in Aigné between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 91: 22% below. Life expectancy at birth in Sarthe is 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has one family doctor.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.35/m² a month, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 42 sales of houses and apartments in Aigné, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,972/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,972/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Aigné 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 Aigné 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigné | 1,695 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 1.2 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 2.2 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 2.6 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 5.2 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 6.3 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 6.4 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aigné has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,972/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aigné grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Aigné is a commune of 1,695 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. 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) · 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.