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1,003 people call this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire home.
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Getting around depends on the car: 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,116/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois 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 Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois 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.
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois; none is classé, France’s top protection.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Abbaye de Perseigne: Photo: Pucesurvitaminee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois: 37 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,116/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; 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. 139 deaths in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 127: 10% above. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
The jobless rate is 6.7%. The median disposable income was €24,270 a year per consumption unit, close to Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 6.2% of working residents in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Ages in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois split evenly at 42.1: half are older, half younger. People aged 15 to 24 are 9.8% of the population. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Sarthe’s towns (26%) and close to compared French towns (22%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois yet.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois is a commune of 1,003 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois | 1,003 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Mamers | 4,996 | 6 | B | A | C | C |
| Alençon Orne | 25,490 | 7.9 | C | A− | D− | B− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 3,636 | 8.7 | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe | 2,928 | 10 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Sées Orne | 4,168 | 16 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
| Bonnétable | 3,703 | 16 | A | A | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois grades A for cost of living.
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.