Noyen-sur-Sarthe does well on nearly every count. The town grades A+ overall, better than almost every compared French town. The ranking puts it #4 of 31 in Sarthe. Its strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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.
Each subject compares Noyen-sur-Sarthe 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.
Ferme dite de la Petite-Voisine: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Noyen-sur-Sarthe.
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Noyen-sur-Sarthe, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns: 59 per 100 expected
−41%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
244 deaths in Noyen-sur-Sarthe between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 311: 22% below. The nearest emergency department to Noyen-sur-Sarthe is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal, 8.3 mi away. This Sarthe town has 3 family doctors. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted59
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Noyen-sur-Sarthe · 1.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal
16.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Mans
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Noyen-sur-Sarthe costs less than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.51/m² a month
€1,416/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,416/m², lower than both Sarthe’s towns (€1,638/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 107 homes in Noyen-sur-Sarthe. Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Noyen-sur-Sarthe€1,416/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,416/m²
106
€8.51/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.86 to €10.57/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.38/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,030
median annual income per consumption unit, LBN Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Noyen-sur-Sarthe sees less crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
6.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
More of the graded crimes in Noyen-sur-Sarthe were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 2025 saw 35 offenses recorded in the town. Violence against people ran at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.5 (2023–2025 average).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Family violence9
Other physical violence8
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud14
Theft without violence11
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.
6.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.1%
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 · For sexual violence, 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, 13.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
Old homes shape Noyen-sur-Sarthe: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Noyen-sur-Sarthe has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Noyen-sur-Sarthe than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 19% of adults
45.7median age
25% of residents are 65 or over, between Sarthe’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. Noyen-sur-Sarthe has a median age of 45.7.
Noyen-sur-SartheSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Noyen-sur-Sarthe has lower unemployment than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0%
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Per resident in work, Noyen-sur-Sarthe counts 0.6 jobs (700 jobs, 1,100 workers). Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,530 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
700
jobs based in Noyen-sur-Sarthe, 0.6 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
Eugénie Faux-Froidure: La Revue illustrée. Photographe inconnu., CC BY 4.0
About Noyen-sur-Sarthe
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Noyen-sur-Sarthe is a commune of 2,556 people in the LBN Communauté. 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
2,556 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
LBN Communauté
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
16.5 sq mi (42.8 km²)
INSEE code
72223
Noyen-sur-Sarthe’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
