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This town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire has a population of 895.

Is Ancinnes a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Ancinnes out for now. The median home sells for €1,310/m².

What makes Ancinnes stand out

The one thing Ancinnes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Manoir de Couesmes
Manoir de Couesmes · Inscrit · Photo: Pradigue · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ancinnes’ story

Ancinnes in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ancinnes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2005First protected: Manoir de Couesmes
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ancinnes.

History

Ancinnes keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

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

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ancinnes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
14th c.
oldest protected part
2005
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Children make up 18% of Ancinnes, above Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns

The 15-to-24 age group: 9.3%, below both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Line up the people of Ancinnes by age and the one in the middle is 45.2.

45.2median age
AncinnesSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ancinnes
AncinnesSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1518%17%17%
15–249.3%9.9%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+24%26%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education26%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Ancinnes are out of work than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%

At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs based in Ancinnes number 150, against 350 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,560 a year.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Ancinnes, 0.4 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest general lycée is 4.9 mi away.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ancinnes90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Normandie MaineNearest collègeCollègeCollège6190%±0 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
0.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Ancinnes costs less than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.38/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold in Ancinnes. A house rents for an estimated €8.07/m² a month. That is the middle of 39 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,638/m² for the median of compared towns in Sarthe.

€1,310/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Ancinnes€1,310/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,310/m²39
€8.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.17 to €11.39/m² a month)
€8.07/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

Manoir de Couesmes and 7 more in and around Ancinnes

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Ancinnes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ancinnes

14pages on Ancinnes

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Manoir de Couesmes: Photo: Pradigue · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Ancinnes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ancinnes yet.

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Ancinnes’ neighbors

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

All towns in Sarthe →
AlençonSaint-Germain-du-CorbéisFresnay-sur-SartheMamersSéesBonnétableAlençonSaint-Germain-du-CorbéisFresnay-sur-SartheMamersSéesBonnétableAncinnes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ancinnes895—————
Alençon Orne25,4905.8CA−D−B−
Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne3,6366.1B+AB−A−
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe2,9287.3B+A+BB+
Mamers4,9969.1BACC
Sées Orne4,16817B+AC−A−
Bonnétable3,70317AABA−

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

About Ancinnes

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Ancinnes is a commune of 895 people in the Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. 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
895 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.4 km²)
INSEE code
72005

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.