Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,445 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Arnage grades B overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #22 of 31 in Sarthe. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 5.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,857/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. Its strongest is jobs & income (A−): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Arnage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arnage 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 Arnage as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Zone contenant des vestiges archéologiques, in Allonnes, 2.6 mi away.
4.3% 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 Arnage.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
86.9% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Arnage, below Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 67% passed the bac pro, of 63 candidates. Its collèges and lycées rank #31 of 34 in Sarthe on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri LefeuvreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 89%+4 pts |
| Lycée André MalrauxNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 244 | 92%−4 pts |
| Collège Pierre-Gilles de GennesBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 74%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Arnage didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 6.0% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. 7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, near Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and lower than compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 490 residents of Arnage died, against 572 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Arnage come to 81 per 100 predicted. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Arnage can choose among 6 GPs. At birth, a girl in Sarthe can expect 85.9 years and a boy 79.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.64/m² a month, near Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,857/m², comes from 189 sales of houses and apartments in Arnage from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.88/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,857/m² | 189 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, close to Sarthe’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). At 47.6, the median resident of Arnage sits in the middle of the age range. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Arnage | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Over 2025, Arnage logged 138 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 14.6. Jobs outnumber working residents in Arnage (3,750 to 2,100): it draws people in from around. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Arnage. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des 24 Heures du Mans3.1 km northeast, in Le Mans
GardenArboretum de la Grand Prée4.5 km northeast, in Le MansChâteauChâteauChâteau des Hunaudières2.7 km east, in MulsanneZooZooSpaycific'Zoo3.8 km west, in SpayChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Forêterie3.5 km north, in AllonnesWater parkWater parkWake Paradise1.8 km west, in SpayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Arnage 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 Arnage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnage | 5,445 | — | B | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Spay | 2,808 | 1.9 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Moncé-en-Belin | 3,697 | 2.5 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 2.7 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Mulsanne | 5,244 | 3.2 | A | B | B | B+ |
| Ruaudin | 3,481 | 3.6 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | 4.3 | — | B+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #19 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #31 of 34 in Sarthe. 92% of 244 candidates passed the bac at Lycée André Malraux in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,857/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arnage grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Arnage is a commune of 5,445 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.