Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,911 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Changé grades B+ overall: better than 72% of compared French towns, and #17 of 31 in Sarthe. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 5.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. At the median price of €2,108/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Sud Est Manceau. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Changé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Changé 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Changé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Changé.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #33 of 34 in Sarthe. At the lycées within 5 km of Changé, 85.7% passed the bac, below both Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PeletierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 92%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Le Mans sudNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 355 | 88%−6 pts |
| Collège Costa-GavrasBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 62%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 594 residents of Changé died, against 654 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. 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. This Sarthe town has 3 family doctors.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,860 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 5.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Behind the median of €2,108/m²: 172 houses and apartments sold in Changé between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.23/m² a month, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 99% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,111/m² | 170 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 7.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.7. The 2025 count: 133 offenses in Changé. The graded crime recorded most in the town 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 · For armed robbery and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.2% of the total, below Sarthe’s towns (11%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, lower than Sarthe’s towns (26%) and near compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 33% have a degree. The median resident of Changé is 45.9 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Changé | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Changé. Best known first.
GardenArboretum de la Grand Prée4.7 km southwest, in Le Mans
Theme parkPapéa Parc3.2 km northwest, in Yvré-l'Évêque
MuseumLa Maison de l'eau (Le Mans)4 km west, in Yvré-l'ÉvêqueChâteauChâteauLa Sauvagèrein townMuseumMuseumMaison de la Forêt (Arche de la Nature)in townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Changé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Buzardière: Photo: Yodaspirine · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Changé.
René Van Droogenbroeck: Alan Petard, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changé | 6,911 | — | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 2.7 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Ruaudin | 3,481 | 2.8 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 3.3 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 4.1 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 4.3 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Parigné-l'Évêque | 5,358 | 4.5 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #12 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 8% of compared French towns. 88% of 355 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Le Mans sud in 2025, 6 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,108/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Changé grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Changé is a commune of 6,911 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 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.
