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This town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire has a population of 1,680.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: 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 rest of its grades are middling: C+ for jobs & income and C+ for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,467/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Tuffé Val de la Chéronne 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 Tuffé Val de la Chéronne 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.
Tuffé Val de la Chéronne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Tuffé Val de la Chéronne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Tuffé Val de la Chéronne; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Tuffé Val de la Chéronne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tuffé Val de la Chéronne.
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). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €7.29/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,462/m² | 62 |
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.
Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Tuffé Val de la Chéronne’s; allowing for it, deaths were 21% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 277 residents of Tuffé Val de la Chéronne died, against 286 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Tuffé Val de la Chéronne is Ch Paul Chapron, 8.5 mi away. Life expectancy in Sarthe: 85.9 years for women and 79.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
27% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Sarthe’s towns (26%) and above compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.4% of residents. The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Tuffé Val de la Chéronne | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 10th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Tuffé Val de la Chéronne; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs based in Tuffé Val de la Chéronne number 650, against 650 residents in work (1 per worker). 9.9% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Sarthe’s towns (7.9%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how one in ten commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Tuffé Val de la Chéronne was criminal damage (2025). 27 offenses were reported in Tuffé Val de la Chéronne during 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.1 violent offenses and 10.6 graded property crimes a year.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 28.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Tuffé Val de la Chéronne. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Tuffé Val de la Chéronne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Tuffé Val de la Chéronne is a commune of 1,680 people in the Communauté de communes du Perche Emeraude. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffé Val de la Chéronne | 1,680 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Connerré | 2,780 | 4.1 | B+ | A− | C | B− |
| Bonnétable | 3,703 | 6 | A | A | B | A− |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 2,939 | 6.6 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| La Ferté-Bernard | 8,740 | 7.9 | B+ | A− | C− | A− |
| Cherré-Au | 2,758 | 8.3 | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 2,681 | 8.7 | — | A− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tuffé Val de la Chéronne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tuffé Val de la Chéronne grades A for cost of living.
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 8, 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.