Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,672/m².
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, INSEE census 2023. Domfront-en-Champagne 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 Domfront-en-Champagne 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.
Presbytère (ancien): Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manoir (ancien): Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Domfront-en-Champagne.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Domfront-en-Champagne’s ages would predict, 71 per 100 expected, under Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Domfront-en-Champagne is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 47 residents of Domfront-en-Champagne died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Domfront-en-Champagne · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Mans
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Mans
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For cost of living, Domfront-en-Champagne gets an A−
€1,672/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.35/m² a month, near Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.51/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 43 homes were sold in Domfront-en-Champagne.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Domfront-en-Champagne€1,672/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,672/m²
43
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.65 to €11.42/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Domfront-en-Champagne has lower unemployment than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 4.5%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Domfront-en-Champagne holds 100 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,120 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Domfront-en-Champagne, 0.2 per working resident
4.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Domfront-en-Champagne are 65 or over: 17%, below Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
39.9median age
A third of adults hold a degree, above Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Children are a fifth of the town. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.9% of residents.
Domfront-en-ChampagneSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Domfront-en-Champagne keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Domfront-en-Champagne has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Presbytère (ancien). Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Domfront-en-Champagne is a commune of 1,069 people in the Communauté de communes de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. 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
Population
1,069 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
8.1 sq mi (21 km²)
INSEE code
72119
Domfront-en-Champagne’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Domfront-en-Champagne
Is Domfront-en-Champagne safe?
Domfront-en-Champagne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Domfront-en-Champagne expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Domfront-en-Champagne grades A− for cost of living.
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.
