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Population 1,902: a town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 3.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points below the expected rate. Safety lags (C): an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 22.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arçonnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Arçonnay does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arçonnay 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.
Arçonnay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arçonnay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château, in Alençon, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Arçonnay. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel de ville d'Alençon3.8 km north, in Alençon
MuseumMusée des beaux-arts et de la dentelle3.9 km north, in AlençonGardenGardenArboretum Koutiala3.2 km north, in AlençonFortFortRemparts d'Alençon3.6 km north, in AlençonAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs d'Alençon3.7 km north, in AlençonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arçonnay.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,595/m², close to Sarthe’s towns (€1,638/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 74 homes were sold in Arçonnay. A house rents for an estimated €8.02/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,595/m² | 74 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 80% of 205 candidates passed the bac pro. Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Arçonnay, below Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise MichelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 63%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - NavarreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 289 | 93%−3 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Arçonnay has 1,200 jobs for 750 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, 39 offenses were recorded in the town. Police and gendarmerie recorded 39 offenses in the graded categories here in 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 · For sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 11.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Arçonnay come to 81 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 171 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 139, 19% fewer. 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.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Also worth knowing: 26% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Arçonnay | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,810 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Arçonnay 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 Arçonnay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arçonnay | 1,902 | — | — | A | C | B+ |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 3,636 | 1.7 | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Alençon Orne | 25,490 | 2.4 | C | A− | D− | B− |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe | 2,928 | 7.7 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Mamers | 4,996 | 14 | B | A | C | C |
| Sées Orne | 4,168 | 15 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
| Villaines-la-Juhel Mayenne | 2,671 | 17 | A+ | A+ | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. 93% of 289 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - Navarre in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arçonnay grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Arçonnay is a commune of 1,902 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Alençon. 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.