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Home to 2,758 people, this town lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Cost of living is another plus (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It has 2,850 jobs for 1,100 working residents.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cherré-Au has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Cherré-Au does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cherré-Au 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.
Cherré-Au has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Cherré-Au has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cherré-Au.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,887/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Cherré-Au from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.24/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,887/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; 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 255 deaths in Cherré-Au from 2016 to 2025; there were 194, 24% fewer. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Cherré-Au is Ch Paul Chapron, 0.7 mi away.
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.
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, about level with Sarthe’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents. Cherré-Au has a median age of 50.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Cherré-Au | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,610 a year per consumption unit. 7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, lower than Sarthe’s towns (11%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #18 of 34 in Sarthe. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away. At the general lycée, 97% of 243 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 78 | 97%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Robert GarnierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 243 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Cherré-Au. Best known first.
The list names few of Cherré-Au’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Abbaye de la Pelice (ancienne): Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cherré-Au 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherré-Au | 2,758 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| La Ferté-Bernard | 8,740 | 1 | B+ | A− | C− | A− |
| Val-au-Perche Orne | 3,336 | 6.6 | A | A | B | A− |
| Vibraye | 2,523 | 9 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Bonnétable | 3,703 | 11 | A | A | B | A− |
| Connerré | 2,780 | 12 | B+ | A− | C | B− |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir | 9,292 | 12 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cherré-Au has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #18 of 34 in Sarthe. 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 €1,887/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cherré-Au grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Cherré-Au is a commune of 2,758 people in the Communauté de communes du Perche Emeraude. 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.