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Some 1,267 people live in this town, in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Joué-l'Abbé’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well (A−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.3% unemployment. Also worth knowing: most journeys need a car (D−). Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Joué-l'Abbé 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 2 things Joué-l'Abbé does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Joué-l'Abbé 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.
Joué-l'Abbé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Joué-l'Abbé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (donjon et ruines), in Ballon-Saint Mars, 4.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Joué-l'Abbé.
The median disposable income was €27,340 a year per consumption unit, above Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Of those in the labour force, 4.3% are unemployed.
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.
At the median, a home went for €1,773/m², between Sarthe’s towns (€1,638/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €10.67/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 49 homes in Joué-l'Abbé.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,773/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 15% of the town. At 39.7, the median resident of Joué-l'Abbé sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Joué-l'Abbé | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Joué-l'Abbé is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 72 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 65, 9% 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.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Joué-l'Abbé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Joué-l'Abbé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joué-l'Abbé | 1,267 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 3.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 4.1 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 4.4 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 5 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 5.3 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 6 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Joué-l'Abbé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 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 Joué-l'Abbé grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Joué-l'Abbé is a commune of 1,267 people in the Communauté de communes Maine Cœur 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
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.