Marolles-les-Braults’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 1.8 jobs per working resident; 12.3% unemployment. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €1,048/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Marolles-les-Braults 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 Marolles-les-Braults 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Marolles-les-Braults: 36% are 65 or over, above Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
55.1median age
8% of residents are 15 to 24, below Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The under-15s are 12% of the population here. Graduates make up nearly one in ten adults.
Marolles-les-BraultsSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma42%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat12%
Higher education9%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Fewer deaths than expected in Marolles-les-Braults, 95 per 100, but more than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Marolles-les-Braults is Centre hospitalier Mamers, 7.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 527 residents of Marolles-les-Braults died, against 431 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. At birth, a girl in Sarthe can expect 85.9 years and a boy 79.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 2 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Marolles-les-Braults · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Mamers
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Marolles-les-Braults: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century. Marolles-les-Braults has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Marolles-les-Braults is a commune of 2,039 people in the Communauté de communes Maine Saosnois. 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
Population
2,039 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Maine Saosnois
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
9.4 sq mi (24.4 km²)
INSEE code
72189
Marolles-les-Braults’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marolles-les-Braults
Is Marolles-les-Braults safe?
Marolles-les-Braults has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Marolles-les-Braults good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marolles-les-Braults expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marolles-les-Braults grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
