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A town of 1,078 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Duneau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 19% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,581/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Perche Emeraude. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Duneau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Duneau 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Duneau: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
14% 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 Duneau.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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, 71 residents of Duneau died, against 108 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Duneau is Ch Paul Chapron, 10.9 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.
4.6% 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%). Jobs based in Duneau number 50, against 500 residents in work (0.1 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,760 a year.
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.
The median price, €1,581/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Duneau from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.36/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.49/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,581/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 14% of the total, above Sarthe’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Duneau is Dolmen dit La Pierre couverte. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François GrudéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 84%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, below Sarthe’s towns (26%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Residents of Duneau have a median age of 44.2. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Duneau | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Duneau, the most frequent was armed robbery (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.1 (2023–2025 average).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Duneau. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Duneau: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Menhir dit La Pierre Fiche: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte: Photo: Eric Walter · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Duneau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duneau | 1,078 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Connerré | 2,780 | 1.3 | B+ | A− | C | B− |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 5 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 6.8 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Bonnétable | 3,703 | 8.8 | A | A | B | A− |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 9.1 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 10 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Duneau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. 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 €1,581/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Duneau grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Duneau is a commune of 1,078 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.
