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Some 3,851 people live in this town, in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. It skews older: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Few weak spots anywhere. On health it is strong — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. At €2,313/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. Overall, that makes an A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #7 of 31 in Sarthe. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B for schools.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sargé-lès-le-Mans 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Sargé-lès-le-Mans does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sargé-lès-le-Mans as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Vincent, actuellement lycée Bellevue, in Le Mans, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sargé-lès-le-Mans is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sargé-lès-le-Mans.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Sarthe is 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 362 deaths in Sargé-lès-le-Mans from 2016 to 2025; there were 259, 29% fewer. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
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.
Unemployment stood at 7.0%, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.5% of working residents in Sargé-lès-le-Mans at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of the population. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, above both Sarthe’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 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.
Near Sargé-lès-le-Mans, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Sarthe’s towns (92.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.5 mi to the nearest one. School results put the town #12 of 34 in Sarthe.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph WeismannNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 80%−9 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
Burglary topped the graded crimes in Sargé-lès-le-Mans (2025). 76 offenses were reported in Sargé-lès-le-Mans during 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.1 violent offenses and 16.5 graded property crimes a year.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,313/m²: 105 houses and apartments sold in Sargé-lès-le-Mans between July 2023 and June 2026. No town in Sarthe costs more to buy into than Sargé-lès-le-Mans, at €2,313/m², the highest of 41. From July 2023 to June 2026, 105 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,313/m² | 105 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Sargé-lès-le-Mans. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans4.3 km southwest, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée de Tessé3.9 km southwest, in Le Mans
MuseumMusée d'archéologie et d'histoire du Mans4.5 km southwest, in Le Mans
Monastery or conventAbbaye Saint-Pierre de la Couture4.8 km southwest, in Le Mans
Theme parkPapéa Parc3.8 km south, in Yvré-l'ÉvêqueGardenGardenJardin des plantes du Mans4 km southwest, in Le MansPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Sargé-lès-le-Mans.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Sargé-lès-le-Mans is a commune of 3,851 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | — | A | B− | B− | A |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 1.8 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 1.8 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 3.2 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 3.8 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 4.1 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 4.1 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #17 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #12 of 34 in Sarthe. 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,313/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sargé-lès-le-Mans grades B− 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.