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A town of 1,637 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Trangé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,167/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Trangé 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 1 historic monument in Trangé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trangé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Sarthe live to 85.9 on average and men to 79.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 80 deaths in Trangé from 2016 to 2025; there were 50, 37% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Trangé is Centre hospitalier du Mans, 3.2 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Unemployment stands at 6.0%. At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Trangé counts 0.7 jobs (550 jobs, 800 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Sarthe’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Trangé | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.35/m² a month, near Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,167/m², comes from 49 sales of houses and apartments in Trangé from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 49 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,167/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6.9% of the total, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The protected list starts in the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and family days out in and near Trangé. Best known first.
Trangé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de la Groirie: Photo: Romain Bréget · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Trangé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trangé | 1,637 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| La Milesse | 2,617 | 2.8 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Saturnin | 2,774 | 3.3 | A− | B− | D | A+ |
| Coulaines | 8,121 | 4.4 | C+ | B− | C− | B |
| Le Mans | 146,249 | 4.7 | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| Allonnes | 10,739 | 4.8 | C | B | C− | C+ |
| La Bazoge | 3,796 | 5.2 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Trangé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,167/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Trangé grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Trangé is a commune of 1,637 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. 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 October 30, 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.