Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income (C) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and C+ for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,298/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Auvers-le-Hamon 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.
Each subject compares Auvers-le-Hamon 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Auvers-le-Hamon: 28% were built before 1919, more than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Auvers-le-Hamon is Camp retranché (éperon barré). On the Culture ministry’s list, Auvers-le-Hamon counts 4 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Auvers-le-Hamon, 6.6%, runs below Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
7.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The median disposable income was €24,330 a year per consumption unit, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Auvers-le-Hamon, 0.4 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Fewer deaths than expected: Auvers-le-Hamon is below 54% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Sarthe live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 197 deaths in Auvers-le-Hamon from 2016 to 2025; there were 221, 12% more. Its care home for older people (49 places) counts its residents as Auvers-le-Hamon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Auvers-le-Hamon is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal, 11.1 mi away.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Auvers-le-Hamon · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal du Haut Anjou
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up 19% of Auvers-le-Hamon, above Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Auvers-le-Hamon in two is 43.7.
43.7median age
Auvers-le-HamonSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Auvers-le-Hamon
Is Auvers-le-Hamon safe?
Auvers-le-Hamon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Auvers-le-Hamon expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auvers-le-Hamon grades A for cost of living.
About Auvers-le-Hamon
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Auvers-le-Hamon is a commune of 1,445 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Sabolien. 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
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.
