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The town has 1,329 residents and lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Pruillé-le-Chétif 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 Pruillé-le-Chétif 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.
Pruillé-le-Chétif has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pruillé-le-Chétif as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Zone contenant des vestiges archéologiques, in Allonnes, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pruillé-le-Chétif.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 65 residents of Pruillé-le-Chétif died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pruillé-le-Chétif is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 3.4 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pruillé-le-Chétif, 96.5% passed the bac, above Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph - La Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Joseph - La Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 43 | 100%+2 pts |
| Collège Vieux ColombierBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 108 | 94%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 6.7%, below both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. 300 jobs are based in Pruillé-le-Chétif, for 600 working residents (0.5 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 36% of adults, above both Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are nearly a fifth of the population here. Half the people of Pruillé-le-Chétif are older than 44.9.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Pruillé-le-Chétif | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Pruillé-le-Chétif from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Pruillé-le-Chétif. Best known first.
Nothing in Pruillé-le-Chétif is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pruillé-le-Chétif 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruillé-le-Chétif | 1,329 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 3 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 4.3 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 5 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 5 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Spay | 2,808 | 5.1 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 5.3 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pruillé-le-Chétif has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 43 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Joseph - La Salle in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Pruillé-le-Chétif is a commune of 1,329 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) · 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.