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A town of 494 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. Only 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Ligron is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Ligron does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ligron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Pringé, in Luché-Pringé, 4.6 mi away.
32% 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 Ligron.
Children under 15 make up 22%, above both Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 26% of adults. The median resident of Ligron is 38.3 years old.
45% women, 55% men
About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Ligron | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Ligron has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.2 per worker. No commute at all: 6.1% of working residents in the town at the census. Of those in the labour force, 9.6% 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.
The market in Ligron: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.69/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Ligron 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 Ligron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligron | 494 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cérans-Foulletourte | 3,341 | 5.4 | A− | A− | A | B− |
| La Flèche | 14,947 | 5.7 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | 8.2 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe | 2,556 | 8.3 | A+ | A | A− | A+ |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 9.2 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 9.9 | — | A− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Ligron is a commune of 494 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Fléchois. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.