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The town has 1,607 residents and lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Pontvallain’s strongest is schools: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,375/m² takes 4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Sud Sarthe. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 54% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pontvallain 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 one thing Pontvallain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pontvallain 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.
Pontvallain 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 Pontvallain as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Fort-des-Salles, in Mayet, 4.8 mi away.
19% 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 Pontvallain.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Pontvallain is 94.0%, above Sarthe’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 11.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 70 | 94%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For its 650 residents in work, Pontvallain has 400 jobs: 0.6 each. 7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €24,430 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.64/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.71/m² a month. Pontvallain recorded 52 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,375/m² | 52 |
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.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 230 deaths in Pontvallain from 2016 to 2025; there were 318, 38% more. The nearest emergency department to Pontvallain is Centre hospitalier Montval Sur Loir, 11.6 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Degrees are held by 19% of adults, below both Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of residents. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Pontvallain | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pontvallain is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Pontvallain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontvallain | 1,607 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Mayet | 3,187 | 4.1 | A | A− | A | D |
| Écommoy | 4,868 | 6.6 | B | A | B | B |
| Cérans-Foulletourte | 3,341 | 7.3 | A− | A− | A | B− |
| Le Lude | 3,983 | 7.9 | A− | A | C− | C+ |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | 8.5 | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Guécélard | 3,202 | 9.2 | — | A− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pontvallain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 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 96% 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 Pontvallain grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Pontvallain is a commune of 1,607 people in the Communauté de communes Sud 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 4, 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.