Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Yvré-l'Évêque earns an A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #14 of 31 in Sarthe. A 70 m² home at the median €2,131/m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole. What counts against it is schools: bac results 2.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Yvré-l'Évêque 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.
Croix dite de Boëssé: Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne usine des eaux: Photo: Le Mans · CC BY 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yvré-l'Évêque.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Yvré-l'Évêque’s ages would predict, 67 per 100 expected, under Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns
−33%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
485 deaths in Yvré-l'Évêque between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 542: 10% below. 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. The town has one family doctor.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted67
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Yvré-l'Évêque · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre Medico Chirugical du Mans
4.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique du Tertre Rouge Pole Sante Sud
85.9 · 79.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Sarthe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
83.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the nine collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
93%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #28 of 34 in Sarthe. At the three general lycées, 93% of 976 candidates passed the bac, 3.4 points below the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Yvré-l'Évêque than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 36% of adults
51.6median age
16% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above both Sarthe’s towns (26%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 9.3% of residents.
Yvré-l'ÉvêqueSarthe medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Crime per resident in Yvré-l'Évêque is lower than in 62% of compared French towns
5.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.4. Yvré-l'Évêque’s tally for 2025: 76 recorded offenses. Family violence topped the graded crimes in Yvré-l'Évêque (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence22
Burglary22
Criminal damage12
Sexual violence10
Theft from vehicles10
Armed robbery0
Fraud28
Theft without violence16
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.
5.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
76
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Yvré-l'Évêque run higher than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns: a median €29,910 a year per consumption unit
11%walk, cycle or take transit
Yvré-l'Évêque has 1,150 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 0.7 per worker. 6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Yvré-l'Évêque didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,150
jobs based in Yvré-l'Évêque, 0.7 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Yvré-l'Évêque has 4 historic monuments, 1 classé
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Yvré-l'Évêque is Ancienne abbaye de l'Epau. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk.
Yvré-l'Évêque is a commune of 4,181 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
Population
4,181 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine Le Mans Métropole
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
10.7 sq mi (27.6 km²)
INSEE code
72386
Yvré-l'Évêque’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 Yvré-l'Évêque
Is Yvré-l'Évêque safe?
It grades B for safety, #12 of 31 in Sarthe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Yvré-l'Évêque good?
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #28 of 34 in Sarthe. 97% of 225 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Charles-Sainte-Croix in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Yvré-l'Évêque expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,131/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Yvré-l'Évêque grades B− 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.
