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1,605 people live in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Households here earn well (A): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 3.5% unemployment. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €1,754/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Coulans-sur-Gée 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.
The one thing Coulans-sur-Gée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coulans-sur-Gée 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.
Coulans-sur-Gée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Coulans-sur-Gée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coulans-sur-Gée.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Coulans-sur-Gée’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above both Sarthe’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 223 residents of Coulans-sur-Gée died, against 157 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 42% more. The nearest emergency department to Coulans-sur-Gée is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 7.7 mi away. At birth, a girl in Sarthe can expect 85.9 years and a boy 79.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.57/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 43 homes in Coulans-sur-Gée.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,754/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. 19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 31% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Coulans-sur-Gée | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Coulans-sur-Gée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,030 a year per consumption unit. 6.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below 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
Heritage in and near Coulans-sur-Gée. Best known first.
Coulans-sur-Gée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Coulans: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Coulans-sur-Gée as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulans-sur-Gée | 1,605 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 6.5 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 7.4 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 7.9 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 8.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 9 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 9 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coulans-sur-Gée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Coulans-sur-Gée grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Coulans-sur-Gée is a commune of 1,605 people in the LBN Communauté. 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 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.