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1,173 people call this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire home.
Health is its strong suit (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car (C+): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for cost of living and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Chaufour-Notre-Dame has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Chaufour-Notre-Dame 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.
Chaufour-Notre-Dame has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Chaufour-Notre-Dame does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Chaufour-Notre-Dame as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Flacé, in Souligné-sous-Ballon, 5.4 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Chaufour-Notre-Dame 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 Chaufour-Notre-Dame.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
One GP practises in Chaufour-Notre-Dame. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 44 residents of Chaufour-Notre-Dame died, against 65 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer.
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 B to A+.
Graduates make up 34% of adults. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Residents of Chaufour-Notre-Dame have a median age of 40.9.
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Chaufour-Notre-Dame | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Chaufour-Notre-Dame counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 600 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €27,040 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Sarthe’s towns (€24,770). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Chaufour-Notre-Dame went to work by public transport.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 29 homes were sold in Chaufour-Notre-Dame.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Chaufour-Notre-Dame. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chaufour-Notre-Dame yet.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Chaufour-Notre-Dame is a commune of 1,173 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaufour-Notre-Dame | 1,173 | — | — | B | — | A |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 4 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 4.8 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 5.6 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 6.1 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 6.2 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 6.3 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Chaufour-Notre-Dame has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 4, 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.