Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 4,252 people, lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Laigné-Saint-Gervais’s best grade is for schools — brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate. It also does well on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health, B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,890/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Laigné-Saint-Gervais has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Laigné-Saint-Gervais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Laigné-Saint-Gervais 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.
Laigné-Saint-Gervais has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Laigné-Saint-Gervais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir de la Poissonnière, in Saint-Ouen-en-Belin, 2.5 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laigné-Saint-Gervais.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. For exam results, it comes #7 of 34 in Sarthe.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 157 | 97%+3 pts |
| Collège BolléeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 96%+4 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.
Laigné-Saint-Gervais recorded 105 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,890/m² | 105 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,500 a year per consumption unit, above both Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 1,850 residents in work, Laigné-Saint-Gervais has 650 jobs: 0.4 each. 7.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of adults hold a degree, above Sarthe’s towns (22%) but below compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 25% of the town. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 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.
In Sarthe, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (72 places) counts its residents as Laigné-Saint-Gervais’; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 406 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 442, 9% more. The nearest emergency department to Laigné-Saint-Gervais is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 6.4 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Nothing in Laigné-Saint-Gervais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Laigné-Saint-Gervais as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Moncé-en-Belin | 3,697 | 1.9 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Teloché | 3,067 | 2.7 | — | A− | — | B |
| Mulsanne | 5,244 | 2.9 | A | B | B | B+ |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 4.1 | — | A− | — | A |
| Écommoy | 4,868 | 4.2 | B | A | B | B |
| Arnage | 5,445 | 4.3 | B | B+ | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Laigné-Saint-Gervais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #7 of 34 in Sarthe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Laigné-Saint-Gervais grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Laigné-Saint-Gervais is a commune of 4,252 people in the Communauté de communes Orée de Bercé - Belinois. 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 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.