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Some 2,131 people live in this town, in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Brette-les-Pins’s strongest is schools — brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Only 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Brette-les-Pins 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 3 things Brette-les-Pins does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brette-les-Pins 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.
Brette-les-Pins 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 Brette-les-Pins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de l'Epau, in Yvré-l'Évêque, 7 mi away.
16% 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 Brette-les-Pins.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 6.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis CordeletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 99 | 96%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 5.2%. At the census, 3.1% 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 located in Brette-les-Pins: 250, for 1,000 residents in work (0.2 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.25/m² a month. Also worth knowing: 43 houses and apartments changed hands in Brette-les-Pins from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,728/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 21% of the population here. Graduates make up 25% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Brette-les-Pins | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Brette-les-Pins: 81 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Brette-les-Pins died, against 137 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Brette-les-Pins is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 6.3 mi away. In Sarthe, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Nothing in Brette-les-Pins is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Brette-les-Pins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brette-les-Pins | 2,131 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Parigné-l'Évêque | 5,358 | 2.1 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Teloché | 3,067 | 3.1 | — | A− | — | B |
| Ruaudin | 3,481 | 3.9 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Mulsanne | 5,244 | 3.9 | A | B | B | B+ |
| Changé | 6,911 | 5.3 | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | 5.8 | — | B+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brette-les-Pins has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brette-les-Pins grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Brette-les-Pins is a commune of 2,131 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Est Manceau. 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 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.