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A town of 4,031 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Crime is low: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,959/m² takes 5.3 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien. The catch is walkability (C): 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #5 of 31 in Sarthe. Nationally, it does better than 96% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Savigné-l'Évêque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Savigné-l'Évêque 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Savigné-l'Évêque 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, 6.1 mi away.
11% 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 Savigné-l'Évêque.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Savigné-l'Évêque show 33 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally 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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (10.9% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
126 sales of houses and apartments in Savigné-l'Évêque, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,959/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.50/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,959/m² | 125 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,980 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Savigné-l'Évêque counts 0.5 jobs (800 jobs, 1,700 workers). No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
29% of adults hold a degree, higher than Sarthe’s towns (22%) and near compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. The age that splits Savigné-l'Évêque in two is 49.2.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Savigné-l'Évêque | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
Savigné-l'Évêque has 7 family doctors. In Sarthe, women can expect to live 85.9 years and men 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 358 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 313, 13% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Heritage in and near Savigné-l'Évêque. Best known first.
Nothing in Savigné-l'Évêque is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Savigné-l'Évêque.
Alphonse Lavallée: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | — | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 3.8 | A | B− | B− | A |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 4.2 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Yvré-l'Évêque | 4,181 | 4.3 | A− | B− | B | A |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 5.3 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 5.4 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 5.7 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,959/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Savigné-l'Évêque grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Savigné-l'Évêque is a commune of 4,031 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 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.
