Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is walkability — 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,620/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Montfort-le-Gesnois has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
How Montfort-le-Gesnois grades
Each subject compares Montfort-le-Gesnois 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.
Pont sur l'Huisne: Photo: Travail personnel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Touzé Eric · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montfort-le-Gesnois.
HousingCost of living B+
The estimated advertised rent in Montfort-le-Gesnois is €10.82/m² a month, against €9.64/m² in Sarthe’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€1,620/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 99% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €8.43/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 105 homes were sold in Montfort-le-Gesnois.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montfort-le-Gesnois€1,620/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,611/m²
104
€10.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.42 to €13.89/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Montfort-le-Gesnois are out of work than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.2%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.7% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,880 a year per consumption unit, above Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Montfort-le-Gesnois, 0.6 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 16% of Montfort-le-Gesnois, fewer than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
46.2median age
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, close to Sarthe’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents. At 46.2, the median resident of Montfort-le-Gesnois sits in the middle of the age range.
Montfort-le-GesnoisSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Montfort-le-Gesnois sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Montfort-le-Gesnois is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 10.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 370 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 438, 18% more. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 3 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Montfort-le-Gesnois · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans
10.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Tertre Rouge Pole Sante Sud
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Montfort-le-Gesnois: 3 historic monuments, none of them classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 2 of 3. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Montfort-le-Gesnois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Of the graded crimes in Montfort-le-Gesnois, family violence came up most often (2025). Its tally for 2025: 23 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4 cases of violence against people and 7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence9
Burglary8
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
Theft without violence9
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 26.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Montfort-le-Gesnois is a commune of 2,939 people in the Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien. 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
2,939 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
7.3 sq mi (18.8 km²)
INSEE code
72241
Montfort-le-Gesnois’ 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 Montfort-le-Gesnois
Is Montfort-le-Gesnois safe?
Montfort-le-Gesnois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Is Montfort-le-Gesnois expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montfort-le-Gesnois grades B+ 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.
