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Some 2,076 people live in this town, in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Health is its strong suit (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 48% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C): bac results 3.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.9 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain 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 Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain 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-Paterne - Le Chevain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Hélène Hallier, born in 1898, is the one person born in Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 158 residents of Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain died, against 259 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% fewer. In Sarthe, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal Alencon Mamers, 1.6 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
64 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,620/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,620/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
31% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 22% of adults, near Sarthe’s towns (22%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain has a median age of 50.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 80% of 205 candidates passed the bac pro. Just over nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise MichelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 63%+2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-François de Sales PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 57 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.5% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €26,480 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Sarthe’s towns (€24,770). The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 7.8% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain. Best known first.
AttractionHôtel de ville d'Alençon2.9 km northwest, in Alençon
MuseumMusée des beaux-arts et de la dentelle2.9 km northwest, in AlençonFortFortRemparts d'Alençon2.4 km northwest, in AlençonAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs d'Alençon2.8 km northwest, in AlençonGardenGardenArboretum Koutiala3.1 km west, in AlençonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain is a commune of 2,076 people in the Communauté urbaine d'Alençon. 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-Paterne - Le Chevain | 2,076 | — | — | A | B | A+ |
| Alençon Orne | 25,490 | 1.3 | C | A− | D− | B− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 3,636 | 2.2 | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe | 2,928 | 9.6 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Mamers | 4,996 | 13 | B | A | C | C |
| Sées Orne | 4,168 | 13 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It has less crime per resident than 63% of compared French towns: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 57 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-François de Sales in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,620/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain 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 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.