Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is a strength too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D−): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Clermont-Créans 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 Clermont-Créans 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clermont-Créans.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Clermont-Créans works less well than 99% of compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 2.1% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.2%, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,500 a year.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
On foot0%
150
jobs based in Clermont-Créans, 0.2 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 2% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Clermont-Créans sees fewer deaths than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 71 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 73 residents of Clermont-Créans died, against 102 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Clermont-Créans is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal, 9.1 mi away. In Sarthe, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Clermont-Créans · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal
20.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Tertre Rouge Pole Sante Sud
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Homes in Clermont-Créans cost less than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,465/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.82/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.71/m² a month. Sales in Clermont-Créans from July 2023 to June 2026: 46 houses and apartments.
€1,465/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Clermont-Créans€1,465/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,465/m²
46
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.69 to €12.54/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Fléchois
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
90.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.5 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one. Near Clermont-Créans, 93.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
97%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Clermont-Créans
Is Clermont-Créans safe?
Clermont-Créans 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 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Clermont-Créans good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 122 candidates passed the bac at Prytanée national militaire in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Clermont-Créans expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Clermont-Créans grades A− for cost of living.
About Clermont-Créans
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Clermont-Créans is a commune of 1,293 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Fléchois. 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
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.
