Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,637 people, lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and C+ for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,360/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Thorigné-sur-Dué 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 Thorigné-sur-Dué does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thorigné-sur-Dué 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.
Thorigné-sur-Dué has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Thorigné-sur-Dué as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La Pierre couverte, in Duneau, 1.4 mi away.
21% 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 Thorigné-sur-Dué.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.36/m² a month, about level with Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Thorigné-sur-Dué: 45 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,360/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Thorigné-sur-Dué. Average lifespans in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women, 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 260 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 258, 1% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Thorigné-sur-Dué is Ch Paul Chapron, 12.2 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents. Thorigné-sur-Dué has a median age of 47.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Thorigné-sur-Dué | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €24,170 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stands at 9.0%. No commute at all: 3.9% of working residents in Thorigné-sur-Dué at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 11.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François GrudéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 84%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Thorigné-sur-Dué. Best known first.
Nothing in Thorigné-sur-Dué is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Thorigné-sur-Dué 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorigné-sur-Dué | 1,637 | — | — | A | — | A |
| Connerré | 2,780 | 2.5 | B+ | A− | C | B− |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 5.7 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 7.1 | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Champagné | 3,666 | 9.4 | A | A− | B+ | B− |
| Vibraye | 2,523 | 9.7 | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Parigné-l'Évêque | 5,358 | 11 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Thorigné-sur-Dué has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thorigné-sur-Dué grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Thorigné-sur-Dué is a commune of 1,637 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.