Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,505 residents, it is a town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Louplande’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 77% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,795/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Louplande 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.
The 2 things Louplande does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Louplande 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.
Louplande has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Louplande has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louplande.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women, 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 74 residents of Louplande died, against 104 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Louplande is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 7.8 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
At the census, 4.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 150 jobs are based in Louplande, for 750 working residents (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €27,340 a year per consumption unit, above Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
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.
Sales in Louplande from July 2023 to June 2026: 41 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,795/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 19% of the population here. 32% of adults hold a degree, above Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Also worth knowing: at 41.7, the median resident of Louplande sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Louplande | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Louplande has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Louplande. Best known first.
Louplande has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Villaines: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Louplande 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louplande | 1,505 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 3.4 | — | A | — | B+ |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | 4 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Spay | 2,808 | 5 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 5.5 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 5.9 | — | A− | — | A |
| Arnage | 5,445 | 6.6 | B | B+ | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Louplande has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Louplande grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Louplande is a commune of 1,505 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
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.