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5,244 residents make their home in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Few weak spots anywhere. Its strongest is schools: brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate. Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,958/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. Overall, that makes an A, good for #8 of 31 in Sarthe. That leaves it better than 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Mulsanne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mulsanne 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mulsanne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
3.3% 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 Mulsanne.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.9 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #7 of 34 in Sarthe.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BolléeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 96%+4 pts |
| Collège Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 157 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Sarthe is 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Mulsanne’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 484 residents of Mulsanne died, against 530 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.64/m² a month, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 127 sales of houses and apartments in Mulsanne, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,958/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.87/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,958/m² | 127 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than Sarthe’s towns (17%) and near compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Mulsanne by age and the one in the middle is 46.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Mulsanne | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
Homes built before 1919 account for 3.3% of the housing. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.5 violent offenses and 12.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie figures for Mulsanne show 121 offenses in 2025. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Mulsanne (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Mulsanne went to work by public transport. Unemployment stands at 8.8%. Half of residents lived on more than €25,520 a year per consumption unit, close to both Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Mulsanne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château des Hunaudières: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mulsanne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulsanne | 5,244 | — | A | B | B | B+ |
| Teloché | 3,067 | 2 | — | A− | — | B |
| Ruaudin | 3,481 | 2.3 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Moncé-en-Belin | 3,697 | 2.4 | B+ | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | 2.9 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Arnage | 5,445 | 3.2 | B | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Spay | 2,808 | 4.7 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #15 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns and #7 of 34 in Sarthe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,958/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mulsanne grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Mulsanne is a commune of 5,244 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. 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.