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In Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, this town has 1,085 residents.
Sillé-le-Philippe’s best grade is for 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. Most journeys need a car: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Homes change hands at a median €1,680/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Sillé-le-Philippe 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 2 things Sillé-le-Philippe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sillé-le-Philippe 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.
Sillé-le-Philippe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sillé-le-Philippe; none is classé, France’s top protection.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sillé-le-Philippe.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.23/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 46 homes in Sillé-le-Philippe.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,680/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €26,890 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.4% of working residents in Sillé-le-Philippe didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sillé-le-Philippe; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
75 deaths in Sillé-le-Philippe between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 89: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Sillé-le-Philippe is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 10.4 mi away. 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.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
27% of adults hold a degree, higher than Sarthe’s towns (22%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Retirement age and beyond: 20% of residents are 65 or older. Typical age in Sillé-le-Philippe: 42.7, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Sillé-le-Philippe | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Sillé-le-Philippe. Best known first.
Sillé-le-Philippe has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Passay: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sillé-le-Philippe yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sillé-le-Philippe | 1,085 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Savigné-l'Évêque | 4,031 | 3.5 | A+ | A− | A | B− |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 4.8 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 5.7 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Bonnétable | 3,703 | 6.1 | A | A | B | A− |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 6.1 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans | 3,851 | 7.2 | A | B− | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sillé-le-Philippe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sillé-le-Philippe grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Sillé-le-Philippe is a commune of 1,085 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 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.