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In Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, this town has 1,826 residents.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median sale price is €1,986/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Étival-lès-le-Mans 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 Étival-lès-le-Mans 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.
Étival-lès-le-Mans has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Étival-lès-le-Mans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Étival-lès-le-Mans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Flacé, in Souligné-sous-Ballon, 3.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Étival-lès-le-Mans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Étival-lès-le-Mans.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Étival-lès-le-Mans have one GP on hand. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 114 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 146: 22% below.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Étival-lès-le-Mans from July 2023 to June 2026: 56 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,986/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.4%, below both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town. Also worth knowing: 27% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Étival-lès-le-Mans | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.3% 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%). The unemployment rate here is 6.5%. Per resident in work, Étival-lès-le-Mans counts 0.2 jobs (150 jobs, 800 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.3 cases of violence against people and 9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Étival-lès-le-Mans had 16 recorded offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were burglary than anything else (2025).
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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 49.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 95% of 99 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The nearest collège is 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Joseph - La Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 43 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Étival-lès-le-Mans yet.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Étival-lès-le-Mans is a commune of 1,826 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de Sarthe. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étival-lès-le-Mans | 1,826 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 3.5 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Spay | 2,808 | 3.8 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 4.4 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Arnage | 5,445 | 5 | B | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | 5.6 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 5.8 | — | A− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Étival-lès-le-Mans has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Étival-lès-le-Mans grades B+ for cost of living.
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 9, 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.