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This town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire has a population of 1,841.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong (A−): brevet results at the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for walkability: three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Montbizot 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 Montbizot does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montbizot 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.
Montbizot has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montbizot as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (donjon et ruines), in Ballon-Saint Mars, 3.1 mi away.
16% 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 Montbizot.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.35/m² a month, near Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.95/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 95% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,806/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 96%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, higher than Sarthe’s towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). 15% of residents have reached 65. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Montbizot | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs based in Montbizot number 300, against 850 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Median disposable income is €25,750 a year for each 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.
Average lifespans in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women, 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 100 deaths in Montbizot between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 112: 10% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Montbizot is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Montbizot. Best known first.
Nothing in Montbizot 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 Montbizot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montbizot | 1,841 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 3.9 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 6.3 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 6.5 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 7.2 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 8.5 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 8.8 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montbizot has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 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 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montbizot grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Montbizot is a commune of 1,841 people in the Communauté de communes Maine Cœur 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 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.