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A town of 3,796 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
La Bazoge’s strongest subject is safety (A+) — an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its overall grade, A+, puts it better than almost every compared French town. In the ranking it comes #1 of 31 in Sarthe. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.6% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: just over two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,087/m² costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Maine Cœur de Sarthe.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing La Bazoge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Bazoge 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bazoge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Presbytère (ancien), in Domfront-en-Champagne, 5.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bazoge.
Burglary topped the graded crimes in La Bazoge (2025). 35 offenses were reported in La Bazoge during 2025. No compared town in Sarthe has less graded crime per resident than La Bazoge: it ranks first of 31.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 21.8% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #10 of 34 in Sarthe. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 96%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
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, 240 residents of La Bazoge died, against 285 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. There are 7 general practitioners in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
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). The median price, €2,087/m², comes from 108 sales of houses and apartments in La Bazoge from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,087/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €28,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 31% have a degree. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Sarthe’s towns (26%) and near compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| La Bazoge | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Bazoge 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 La Bazoge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | — | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 2.5 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 2.6 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 5.6 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 6 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 6.7 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 7.3 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #10 of 34 in Sarthe. 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 €2,087/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Bazoge grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
La Bazoge is a commune of 3,796 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.