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4,693 residents make their home in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
A town without an obvious weak point. School results are strong: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. It is strong on health as well (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,638/m² takes 4.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de Sarthe. The overall grade lands at A+, better than almost every compared French town. Its place in the ranking is #2 of 31 in Sarthe.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Each subject compares La Suze-sur-Sarthe 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.
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The 2 things La Suze-sur-Sarthe does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Suze-sur-Sarthe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir de la Beunêche, in Roëzé-sur-Sarthe, 3.6 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Suze-sur-Sarthe 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 Suze-sur-Sarthe.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 8.1 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #4 of 34 in Sarthe on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ariste Jacques Trouvé ChauvelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 95%+6 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.
In Sarthe, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 377 residents of La Suze-sur-Sarthe died, against 496 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to La Suze-sur-Sarthe is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 10.7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of La Suze-sur-Sarthe can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.10/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.09/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,677/m² | 146 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in La Suze-sur-Sarthe. The 2025 count: 86 offenses in the town. Graded property crimes ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.7 (2023–2025 average).
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 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, 6.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
1,600 jobs are based in La Suze-sur-Sarthe, for 2,050 working residents (0.8 per worker). Public transport took 5.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in La Suze-sur-Sarthe didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
4 notable people were born in La Suze-sur-Sarthe.
Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Bernard Sesboüé: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
La Suze-sur-Sarthe is a commune of 4,693 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | — | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 1.9 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Cérans-Foulletourte | 3,341 | 4.7 | A− | A− | A | B− |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 5 | — | A− | — | A |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe | 2,556 | 6 | A+ | A | A− | A+ |
| Spay | 2,808 | 6.2 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Moncé-en-Belin | 3,697 | 8.1 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #10 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #4 of 34 in Sarthe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Suze-sur-Sarthe grades A− 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.