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Some 2,256 people live in this town, in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Households here earn well (A+): 2.7 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. At the median price of €2,228/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. Health is another plus: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B for schools.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin 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 La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin 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.
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-du-Pré, in Le Mans, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin 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 La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 7 general practitioners in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 169 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 247: 32% 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
31% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin: 51.1, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate here is 6.7%. 17.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin, 97.0% passed the bac, above both Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la MadeleineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 91%−2 pts |
| Lycée MontesquieuNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 334 | 98%−1 pt |
| Collège les Mûriers PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 173 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,228/m²: 71 houses and apartments sold in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €9.35/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 | €2,246/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin show 44 offenses in 2025. This Sarthe town has 2,350 jobs for 850 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage 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 and vehicle theft, 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, 21.1% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans4.1 km southeast, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée de Tessé4.3 km southeast, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire du Mans4.2 km southeast, in Le Mans
Monastery or conventAbbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture4.8 km southeast, in Le MansFortFortEnceinte romaine du Mans4 km southeast, in Le MansGardenGardenJardin des plantes du Mans4.9 km southeast, in Le MansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin yet.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin is a commune of 2,256 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin | 2,256 | — | — | B | B | A |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 1.8 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 2.1 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 2.2 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 3.3 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 3.8 | A | B− | B− | A |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 4.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. 98% of 334 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Montesquieu in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,228/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin 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.