Souligné-sous-Ballon’s strongest is schools — brevet results 5 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Souligné-sous-Ballon 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 Souligné-sous-Ballon 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
A home in Souligné-sous-Ballon sells for €1,502/m², less than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
€1,502/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.35/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold in Souligné-sous-Ballon. A house rents for an estimated €7.95/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Souligné-sous-Ballon€1,502/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,502/m²
40
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.65 to €11.42/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Maine Cœur de Sarthe
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer people in Souligné-sous-Ballon are out of work than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 4.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 600 residents in work, Souligné-sous-Ballon has 100 jobs: 0.2 each. The median disposable income is €26,330 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Souligné-sous-Ballon, 0.2 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Souligné-sous-Ballon has fewer older residents than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over
40.6median age
Children under 15 make up 20% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of residents, below both Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%). 28% of adults hold a degree.
Souligné-sous-BallonSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Souligné-sous-Ballon sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 82 in Sarthe’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
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. From 2016 to 2025, 82 residents of Souligné-sous-Ballon died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Souligné-sous-Ballon is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 9 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Souligné-sous-Ballon · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Mans
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier du Mans
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Souligné-sous-Ballon is a commune of 1,244 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
Population
1,244 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Maine Cœur de Sarthe
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
4.9 sq mi (12.8 km²)
INSEE code
72340
Souligné-sous-Ballon’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Souligné-sous-Ballon
Is Souligné-sous-Ballon safe?
Souligné-sous-Ballon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Souligné-sous-Ballon good?
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Souligné-sous-Ballon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Souligné-sous-Ballon grades A for cost of living.
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.
