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A town of 2,382 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Rouillon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 4.4% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Rouillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rouillon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Rouillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-du-Pré, in Le Mans, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Rouillon. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans4.5 km east, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée de Tessé4.8 km east, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire du Mans4.4 km east, in Le Mans
Monastery or conventAbbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture4.6 km east, in Le MansChâteauChâteauManoir de la Futaiein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rouillon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Sarthe live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 319 deaths in Rouillon from 2016 to 2025; there were 300, 6% fewer. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
4.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Rouillon didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 15.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
29% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). At 49.9, the median resident of Rouillon sits in the middle of the age range. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.8% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Rouillon | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 94% passed the bac pro, of 341 candidates at 3 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away. At the six general lycées, 97% of 1,868 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| 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 |
| Lycée polyvalent Gabriel Touchard - WashingtonBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 111 | 93%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 6.7 years of the median income in Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. 60 sales of houses and apartments in Rouillon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,337/m². A house rents for an estimated €9.35/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,337/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 12.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.5 (2023–2025 average). 27 offenses were reported in Rouillon during 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 31.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Rouillon 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 Rouillon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouillon | 2,382 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 2.9 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 3 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 3.3 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 3.9 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 3.9 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 5.2 | A | B− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rouillon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 63% 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,337/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rouillon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Rouillon is a commune of 2,382 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.