Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,007 residents, it is a town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 44% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,180/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Maine Cœur de Sarthe. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Pavace 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 one thing Saint-Pavace does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Pavace 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-Pavace has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Saint-Pavace has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2016.
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Saint-Pavace. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans3.2 km south, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée de Tessé3.2 km south, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire du Mans3.5 km south, in Le Mans
Monastery or conventAbbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture4.1 km south, in Le MansFortFortEnceinte romaine du Mans3.3 km south, in Le MansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Pavace.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 95 residents of Saint-Pavace died, against 170 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 44% 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-Pavace is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 1.8 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,180/m², comes from 59 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Pavace from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 59 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,180/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.5%, below both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 28% of residents are 65 or older. Half the people of Saint-Pavace are older than 50.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Pavace | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 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 391 candidates at 4 lycées. The closest collège is 0.9 mi off. At the five general lycées, 97% of 1,732 candidates passed the bac, 1.1 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean CocteauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 89%±0 pts |
| Lycée BellevueNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 396 | 95%−3 pts |
| Collège Maupertuis - Saint-Benoît PrivateBest against expectations: 16 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 54 | 89%+16 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.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 5.1%. Protection here reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
5.3% of the labour force are out of work. Public transport took 4.9% of Saint-Pavace’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Saint-Pavace. All told, Saint-Pavace had 13 recorded offenses in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.5.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (41.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Pavace has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Chêne-de-Coeur: Photo: Delaforest · CC0
One notable person was born in Saint-Pavace.
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-Pavace | 2,007 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 1.1 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 2.1 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 2.3 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 2.9 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 3 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 3.8 | A− | B− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Pavace has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. 95% of 396 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Bellevue in 2025, 3 points below 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 €2,180/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Pavace grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Saint-Pavace is a commune of 2,007 people in the Communauté de communes Maine Cœur de Sarthe. 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.