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Aubigné-RacanSarthe

2,158 people live in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents.

Is Aubigné-Racan a good place to live?

Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is its weak spot — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.6% unemployment. It also trails on health (C−). The median price paid is €1,140/m².

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Aubigné-Racan 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.

How Aubigné-Racan grades

Each subject compares Aubigné-Racan 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 grading works

Aubigné-Racan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Cost of livingIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA+Open →Jobs & income10.6% unemploymentDOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 0% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French townsC−Open →Walkability62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Aubigné-Racan stand out

The 2 things Aubigné-Racan does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Théâtre gallo-romain de Cherré
Théâtre gallo-romain de Cherré · Classé · Photo: Edith Poussin · Public domain
Aubigné-Racan’s story

Aubigné-Racan in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Aubigné-Racan counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1978.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Paul-Charles Delaroche, born in 1886, is the one person born in Aubigné-Racan before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1978First protected: Manoir de Champmarin
  • 1991Most recently protected: Complexe antique de Cherré
Explore the history →

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Aubigné-Racan counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Manoir de Champmarin: Photo: Delaforest · CC0 · Complexe antique de Cherré: Photo: Edith Poussin · Public domain

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aubigné-Racan.

HousingCost of living A+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Aubigné-Racan than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.09/m² a month

€1,140/m²median sale price

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

House rents are put at about €7.45/m² a month. Aubigné-Racan recorded 101 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Aubigné-Racan€1,140/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,140/m²101
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.42 to €10.18/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Sarthe

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth C−

Adjusted for age and care homes, Aubigné-Racan sees more deaths than 80% of compared French towns

+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Average lifespans in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women, 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Aubigné-Racan come to 100 per 100 predicted. 259 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, close to the 258 that France’s rates at each age predict. The nearest emergency department to Aubigné-Racan is Centre hospitalier Montval Sur Loir, 7.4 mi away.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Aubigné-Racan · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Montval Sur Loir
19.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Tertre Rouge Pole Sante Sud
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Aubigné-Racan than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 13% of adults

49.9median age

Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town. Under-15s account for 16% of the population.

Aubigné-RacanSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education13%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Aubigné-Racan
Aubigné-RacanSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–248.5%9.9%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+28%26%22%
No diploma28%24%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat18%16%18%
Higher education13%22%30%

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

History

Aubigné-Racan keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919

3historic monuments

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

Among the classé monuments in Aubigné-Racan is Théâtre gallo-romain de Cherré. On the Culture ministry’s list, Aubigné-Racan counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Antiquity
oldest protected part
1978
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Incomes in Aubigné-Racan run lower than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns: a median €23,090 a year per consumption unit

8%walk, cycle or take transit

8.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
500
jobs based in Aubigné-Racan, 0.6 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns

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

Safety

Aubigné-Racan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.8 cases of violence against people and 7.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in Aubigné-Racan came to 13 in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was family violence (2025).

Recorded by type · 2025

Family violence8
Criminal damage5
Armed robbery0
Fraud15

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.

5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 32.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Aubigné-Racan

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Nearby attractions

Manoir de Champmarin and 3 more in and around Aubigné-Racan

Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Aubigné-Racan. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Aubigné-Racan

One notable person was born in Aubigné-Racan.

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About Aubigné-Racan

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Aubigné-Racan is a commune of 2,158 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Sarthe. 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
2,158 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sud Sarthe
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
12.5 sq mi (32.3 km²)
INSEE code
72013

Aubigné-Racan’s 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 →
MayetLe LudeMontval-sur-LoirÉcommoyLaigné-Saint-GervaisCérans-FoulletourteMayetLe LudeMontval-sur-LoirÉcommoyLaigné-Saint-GervaisCérans-FoulletourteAubigné-Racan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Aubigné-Racan2,158——A+—C−
Mayet3,1875AA−AD
Le Lude3,9836.1A−AC−C+
Montval-sur-Loir5,6417.4BADB+
Écommoy4,8689.5BABB
Laigné-Saint-Gervais4,25213—B+—B−
Cérans-Foulletourte3,34113A−A−AB−

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

Questions about Aubigné-Racan

Is Aubigné-Racan safe?

Aubigné-Racan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.

Is Aubigné-Racan expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aubigné-Racan grades A+ for cost of living.

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 November 4, 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.