Chahaignes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 22% of its housing. Homes sell for a median €993/m². 45% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Chahaignes stand out
The 3 things Chahaignes does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chahaignes.
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Chahaignes than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 9.2% are under 15
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.4%, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). 14% of adults hold a degree. Chahaignes has a median age of 61.9.
61.9median age
ChahaignesSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
45%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma31%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Chahaignes keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 42% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Chahaignes has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Château de Benehard. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 6.8% of commuters in Chahaignes go to work without a car, fewer than in Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in Chahaignes: 100, for 200 residents in work (0.6 each). The median disposable income was €26,200 a year per consumption unit, higher than Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.5% of working residents in Chahaignes to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Chahaignes, 0.6 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Renting in Chahaignes costs less than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.09/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 33 homes were sold in Chahaignes. That is the middle of 33 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,638/m² for the median of compared towns in Sarthe.
€993/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Chahaignes€993/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€993/m²
33
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.42 to €10.18/m² a month)
€7.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Château de la Jaille: Photo: Smoke It 2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Menhir de Gobianne: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Benehard: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Chahaignes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chahaignes yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Chahaignes
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Chahaignes is a commune of 664 people in the Communauté de communes Loir-Lucé-Bercé. 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.
