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Home to 1,510 people, this town lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on cost of living as well (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Few residents are of retirement age: 13% are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Corneille 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 3 things Saint-Corneille does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Corneille 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.
Saint-Corneille 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 Saint-Corneille as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Torcé-en-Vallée, 4.9 mi away.
12% 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 Saint-Corneille.
Degrees are held by a third of adults, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 13% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Corneille | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Corneille is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 8.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 53 residents of Saint-Corneille died, against 75 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. Average lifespans in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women, 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,847/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Corneille from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.67/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,847/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.4% of commuters at the census. Jobs based in Saint-Corneille number 150, against 750 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Also worth knowing: after tax and benefits, the median income is €27,190 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Corneille. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Corneille is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Corneille.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Corneille | 1,510 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 2.5 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 3.3 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 3.4 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 3.6 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 5.1 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 5.4 | A | B− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Corneille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,847/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Corneille grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Corneille is a commune of 1,510 people in the Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien. 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.