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2,681 people live in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Saint-Mars-la-Brière’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are weaker too (C): brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Homes change hands at a median €1,795/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Mars-la-Brière has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Mars-la-Brière 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-Mars-la-Brière has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The 2 things Saint-Mars-la-Brière does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Mars-la-Brière, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
Saint-Mars-la-Brière has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Saint-Mars: Photo: Smoke It 2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Mars-la-Brière.
Unemployment runs at 5.6%. 500 jobs are based in Saint-Mars-la-Brière, for 1,250 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Saint-Mars-la-Brière didn’t travel to work at all.
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, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 81 homes were sold in Saint-Mars-la-Brière. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.77/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,795/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.1 mi off. By results, schools here place #27 of 34 in Sarthe.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Wilbur WrightNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 83 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 164 residents of Saint-Mars-la-Brière died, against 199 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 82 per 100 expected, about level with Sarthe’s towns (82) and below compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Saint-Mars-la-Brière is Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans, 8.2 mi away. In Sarthe, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 15th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.9% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. Over-65s are a fifth of the population. Typical age in Saint-Mars-la-Brière: 42, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.7 (2023–2025 average). 21 offenses were reported in Saint-Mars-la-Brière during 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 43.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Mars-la-Brière. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Mars-la-Brière yet.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Mars-la-Brière is a commune of 2,681 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
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-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 2.1 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 2.4 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 5.1 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 5.3 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Changé | 6,911 | 5.3 | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Connerré | 2,780 | 5.5 | B+ | A− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Mars-la-Brière has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #27 of 34 in Sarthe. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Mars-la-Brière grades A− for cost of living.
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.