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A town of 1,282 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Champfleur has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Champfleur does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Champfleur 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 Champfleur as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison d'Ozé, in Alençon, 3.6 mi away.
11% 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 Champfleur.
3.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Champfleur has 150 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Unemployment stood at 7.3%, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 92 candidates. 89.4% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Champfleur, below Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 2.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Normandie MaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 61 | 90%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - NavarreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 289 | 93%−3 pts |
| Collège Louise MichelBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 75 | 63%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,521/m², below both Sarthe’s towns (€1,638/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in Champfleur: 35 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 94% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,524/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, near Sarthe’s towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. Half of Champfleur is older than 50.5, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Champfleur | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
Its care home for older people (66 places) counts its residents as Champfleur’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. 220 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 169: 30% above. Life expectancy at birth in Sarthe is 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Champfleur. Best known first.
Nothing in Champfleur 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 Champfleur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champfleur | 1,282 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Alençon Orne | 25,490 | 3.5 | C | A− | D− | B− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 3,636 | 3.6 | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe | 2,928 | 7.5 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Mamers | 4,996 | 11 | B | A | C | C |
| Sées Orne | 4,168 | 15 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Champfleur has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 93% of 289 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Leclerc - Navarre in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Champfleur grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Champfleur is a commune of 1,282 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Alençon. 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.