Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 3,666 people live in this town, in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 14% of residents.
Champagné does well on nearly every count. Its strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes are strong: 2.3 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at A, better than 86% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #11 of 31 in Sarthe. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools, B− for health and B− for walkability.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Champagné does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Champagné 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Champagné 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, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champagné.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,889/m², between Sarthe’s towns (€1,638/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Among the homes sold, 97% were houses. 72 houses and apartments changed hands in Champagné from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,889/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% are under 15, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. Ages in Champagné split evenly at 39.1: half are older, half younger.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Champagné | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.7 cases of violence against people and 9.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 71 offenses recorded in Champagné. Jobs outnumber working residents in Champagné (3,950 to 1,700): it draws people in from around. Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Champagné (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 · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) yet lower than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Champagné went to work by public transport. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,470 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 212 deaths in Champagné from 2016 to 2025; there were 185, 13% fewer. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Adjusted mortality locally: 87 deaths for every 100 expected.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #20 of 34 in Sarthe.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Wilbur WrightNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 83 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Champagné. Best known first.
Nothing in Champagné is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Champagné yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagné | 3,666 | — | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 2.4 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 2.7 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Changé | 6,911 | 3.3 | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 4.1 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 4.2 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 4.2 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #9 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #20 of 34 in Sarthe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Champagné grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Champagné is a commune of 3,666 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. 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 October 30, 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.