Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability (D): 52% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Torcé-en-Vallée 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 Torcé-en-Vallée 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Torcé-en-Vallée.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Torcé-en-Vallée than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.35/m² a month
€1,651/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,651/m², close to Sarthe’s towns (€1,638/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 42 homes in Torcé-en-Vallée.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Torcé-en-Vallée€1,651/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,651/m²
42
€8.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.43 to €10.83/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Torcé-en-Vallée is harder to get around on foot than 88% of compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 7.3%. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,270 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Torcé-en-Vallée, 0.2 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 12% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Torcé-en-Vallée sees fewer deaths than 74% of compared French towns
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Torcé-en-Vallée come to 79 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 77 residents of Torcé-en-Vallée died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Torcé-en-Vallée is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 12.8 mi away. Average lifespans in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women, 79.9 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Torcé-en-Vallée · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier du Mans
12.8 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
A town of families: 22% of people in Torcé-en-Vallée are under 15, more than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns
39median age
Those 65 and older account for 17% of residents. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
Torcé-en-ValléeSarthe 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 BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Torcé-en-Vallée: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Torcé-en-Vallée is Église Notre-Dame. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Torcé-en-Vallée is a commune of 1,397 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
Population
1,397 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Gesnois Bilurien
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
6.6 sq mi (17 km²)
INSEE code
72359
Torcé-en-Vallée’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 Torcé-en-Vallée
Is Torcé-en-Vallée safe?
Torcé-en-Vallée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Torcé-en-Vallée expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Torcé-en-Vallée 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.
