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A town of 1,841 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Mézeray has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Mézeray does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mézeray 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Mézeray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument mégalithique, dénommé la Pierre Couverte, in Parigné-le-Pôlin, 5.6 mi away.
28% 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 Mézeray.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,415/m², comes from 49 sales of houses and apartments in Mézeray from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,415/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) but below compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,110 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Mézeray have one GP on hand. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above Sarthe’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 126 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mézeray is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal, 9.5 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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
17% of adults hold a degree, below both Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. At 41.4, the median resident of Mézeray sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Mézeray | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Mézeray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Mézeray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mézeray | 1,841 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Cérans-Foulletourte | 3,341 | 4.4 | A− | A− | A | B− |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 4,693 | 4.7 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe | 2,556 | 4.8 | A+ | A | A− | A+ |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe | 2,514 | 6.2 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 7.9 | — | A− | — | A |
| La Flèche | 14,947 | 8.9 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mézeray has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,415/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mézeray grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Mézeray is a commune of 1,841 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 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.