At under 1,000 residents, Gesnes-le-Gandelin is too small for the grades other French towns get.
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Gesnes-le-Gandelin’s story
Gesnes-le-Gandelin in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Gesnes-le-Gandelin: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1982First protected: Oppidum dit Camp de Saint-Evroult
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gesnes-le-Gandelin.
Who lives here
Few people in Gesnes-le-Gandelin are 65 or over: 17%, below Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
44.7median age
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, near Sarthe’s towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. Typical age in Gesnes-le-Gandelin: 44.7, the median.
Gesnes-le-GandelinSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Gesnes-le-Gandelin: 18% were built before 1919, more than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Gesnes-le-Gandelin: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments here is Oppidum dit Camp de Saint-Evroult. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 2.9% of commuters in Gesnes-le-Gandelin go to work without a car, fewer than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Gesnes-le-Gandelin: 50, for 400 residents in work (0.2 each). Unemployment stood at 9.8%, above Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). 2.1% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving94%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Gesnes-le-Gandelin, 0.2 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Gesnes-le-Gandelin is a commune of 879 people in the Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. 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
879 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
5 sq mi (13 km²)
INSEE code
72141
Gesnes-le-Gandelin’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
