Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,341 residents, it is a town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Some subjects shine; others lag. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cérans-Foulletourte’s overall grade, A−, puts it better than 85% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #13 of 31 in Sarthe. What holds it back is walkability — 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are weaker too: brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,606/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de Sarthe. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cérans-Foulletourte 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 2 things Cérans-Foulletourte does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cérans-Foulletourte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hilaire, in Oizé, 1.8 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cérans-Foulletourte is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cérans-Foulletourte.
Cérans-Foulletourte comes 3rd of the 31 compared towns in Sarthe on the Safety Grade. The 2025 count: 28 offenses here. The commonest graded crime locally 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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 19.8% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
127 sales of houses and apartments in Cérans-Foulletourte, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,606/m². A house rents for an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,606/m² | 127 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.1% 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%). Cérans-Foulletourte holds 600 jobs; 1,550 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €26,370 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #26 of 34 in Sarthe. The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.8 mi off. Near Cérans-Foulletourte, 89.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to both Sarthe’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BelonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 89%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. Degrees are held by 25% of adults, between Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). At 42.8, the median resident of Cérans-Foulletourte sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Cérans-Foulletourte | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 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.
There are 2 general practitioners in Cérans-Foulletourte. The nearest emergency department to Cérans-Foulletourte is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 11.8 mi away. 214 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 248: 14% below. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Heritage in and near Cérans-Foulletourte. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Cérans-Foulletourte.
Clément Duval: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Cérans-Foulletourte is a commune of 3,341 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cérans-Foulletourte | 3,341 | — | A− | A− | A | B− |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 4.5 | — | A− | — | A |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | 4.7 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 4.7 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Spay | 2,808 | 7.4 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | 7.4 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Moncé-en-Belin | 3,697 | 7.5 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #3 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #26 of 34 in Sarthe. 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 €1,606/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cérans-Foulletourte 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 9, 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.