Sarthe

Sarthe has 566,129 residents in 354 communes. Over five years, homes sold for a median €1,630/m², from €920/m² in Sillé-le-Guillaume to €2,400/m² in Rouillon among communes of more than 2,000 people. 65% of households own their main home.

Département 72 · 354 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

566,129residents2022 census

€1,630/m²median price per m²five years of sales

65%of households own their homemain home

5%second homesof all homes

Four maps of Sarthe.

Each commune is coloured by its value; every map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest. Grey: not published.

Green spaceShare of land within 500 m that is green space

0%30%+

Everyday servicesEveryday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

Map of Sarthe : Everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk (1.2 km)

<60240+

Price per m²Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

Map of Sarthe : Median price per square metre of house and flat sales over five years

<€1,500€5,000+

Living standardMedian disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

Map of Sarthe : Median disposable income per consumption unit, 2021

<€19,000€29,000+

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

The 58 communes with more than 2,000 people.

Colour shows where each commune sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest.

Commune	Residents	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Allonnes	10,740	€1,560/m²	€18,570	47%	15%	18.5%	28%	49
Arnage	5,463	€1,890/m²	€22,990	73%	13%	7.9%	47%	37
Aubigné-Racan	2,131	€1,120/m²	€21,090	77%	13%	10.6%	5%	16
Ballon-Saint Mars	2,270	€1,310/m²	€21,840	75%	11%	6.6%	21%	17
Bessé-sur-Braye	2,025	€1,040/m²	€21,530	71%	19%	19.8%	17%	30
Bonnétable	3,721	€1,220/m²	€20,540	68%	20%	10.4%	13%	27
Bouloire	2,121	€1,410/m²	€21,020	70%	14%	10.3%	2%	29
Brette-les-Pins	2,127	€1,720/m²	€23,640	85%	7%	5.2%	39%	16
Champagné	3,680	€1,880/m²	€22,560	72%	6%	9.1%	2%	35
Changé	6,803	€2,150/m²	€25,280	78%	10%	5.7%	46%	25
Cherré-Au	2,746	€1,790/m²	€23,680	78%	12%	6.3%	9%	33
Connerré	2,838	€1,430/m²	€21,380	62%	14%	7.4%	15%	37
Coulaines	8,049	€1,980/m²	€19,370	41%	10%	23.3%	28%	67
Cérans-Foulletourte	3,365	€1,610/m²	€23,130	77%	9%	6.1%	21%	31
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe	2,909	€990/m²	€20,690	64%	19%	13.5%	26%	39
Guécélard	3,200	€1,880/m²	€24,280	88%	8%	4.2%	26%	25
La Bazoge	3,748	€2,010/m²	€24,780	81%	9%	4.6%	8%	30
La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin	2,252	€2,220/m²	€26,530	78%	10%	6.3%	15%	44
La Ferté-Bernard	8,769	€1,560/m²	€21,120	47%	17%	13.5%	16%	78
La Flèche	15,081	€1,650/m²	€21,620	56%	13%	13.1%	40%	44
La Milesse	2,631	€2,220/m²	€26,140	76%	7%	6.0%	15%	22
La Suze-sur-Sarthe	4,628	€1,650/m²	€22,800	68%	13%	6.5%	10%	43
Laigné-en-Belin	2,269	€1,850/m²	€23,560	81%	11%	5.7%	10%	36
Le Lude	4,016	€1,150/m²	€20,330	69%	18%	12.2%	32%	32
Le Mans	145,182	€2,020/m²	€21,180	45%	11%	16.5%	13%	206
Loir en Vallée	2,052	€1,080/m²	€21,600	83%	21%	9.9%	12%	15
Loué	2,100	€1,310/m²	€21,090	64%	16%	8.3%	13%	27
Mamers	5,080	€940/m²	€19,510	49%	17%	19.2%	10%	71
Marolles-les-Braults	2,038	€1,060/m²	€20,160	61%	22%	12.4%	8%	29
Mayet	3,186	€1,360/m²	€21,390	74%	16%	7.1%	11%	48
Moncé-en-Belin	3,699	€1,930/m²	€24,280	78%	6%	6.3%	33%	20
Montfort-le-Gesnois	2,928	€1,620/m²	€22,670	73%	12%	7.2%	28%	25
Montval-sur-Loir	5,707	€1,180/m²	€20,190	61%	19%	14.2%	31%	27
Mulsanne	5,299	€1,960/m²	€22,780	74%	9%	11.5%	64%	22
Neuville-sur-Sarthe	2,463	€2,080/m²	€26,320	85%	7%	6.2%	15%	18
Noyen-sur-Sarthe	2,585	€1,410/m²	€21,230	65%	12%	7.1%	19%	34
Parigné-l'Évêque	5,367	€1,880/m²	€24,060	79%	11%	5.5%	22%	39
Précigné	2,900	€1,580/m²	€22,570	67%	11%	6.9%	8%	20
Rouillon	2,352	€2,400/m²	€29,340	81%	14%	4.4%	27%	28
Roëzé-sur-Sarthe	2,546	€1,610/m²	€24,380	80%	9%	7.8%	14%	24
Ruaudin	3,492	€2,030/m²	€25,170	78%	12%	6.6%	15%	24
Sablé-sur-Sarthe	12,194	€1,410/m²	€19,380	40%	13%	16.0%	36%	33
Saint-Calais	2,969	€940/m²	€20,620	59%	22%	13.8%	1%	42
Saint-Georges-du-Bois	2,228	€2,080/m²	€25,290	86%	9%	5.5%	7%	25
Saint-Mars-d'Outillé	2,471	€1,470/m²	€22,420	83%	7%	8.5%	20%	18
Saint-Mars-la-Brière	2,712	€1,750/m²	€23,200	78%	7%	9.0%	16%	19
Saint-Paterne - Le Chevain	2,090	€1,650/m²	€23,330	74%	11%	8.0%	12%	34
Saint-Pavace	2,002	€2,290/m²	€28,760	88%	11%	5.3%	17%	39
Saint-Saturnin	2,773	€2,220/m²	€26,440	81%	8%	5.3%	22%	27
Sargé-lès-le-Mans	3,865	€2,310/m²	€26,830	80%	11%	7.0%	21%	30
Savigné-l'Évêque	4,042	€1,940/m²	€25,090	80%	11%	5.4%	25%	35
Sillé-le-Guillaume	2,192	€920/m²	€20,110	60%	21%	18.7%	16%	39
Spay	2,821	€1,980/m²	€25,090	83%	7%	5.4%	18%	22
Teloché	3,043	€1,860/m²	€23,460	84%	7%	6.3%	13%	26
Vibraye	2,508	€1,290/m²	€22,050	66%	19%	8.0%	12%	29
Villeneuve-en-Perseigne	2,189	€1,410/m²	€23,240	85%	8%	6.3%	27%	13
Yvré-l'Évêque	4,187	€2,140/m²	€26,250	78%	13%	6.4%	23%	48
Écommoy	4,818	€1,590/m²	€22,050	66%	12%	10.6%	21%	14

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

566,129 residents and 257,208 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

17%

aged under 15

17%

aged 15–29

30%

aged 60 and over

37%

of households are people living alone

24%

of households are couples with children

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

298,108 homes, 86% of them main residences, with 4.4 rooms on average.

75%

of homes are houses

65%

of households own their home

14%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

empty homes

86%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 191916%

1919–19458%

1946–197019%

1971–199029%

1991–200516%

2006–201912%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Property prices.

38,939 house and flat sales over five years.

€1,630/m²median price, houses and flatsFrance : €2,600/m²

€1,810/m²flats7,084 sales

€1,580/m²houses31,855 sales

Median prices from sales published in France’s Demandes de valeurs foncières (DVF) over ten half-years, for sales of a single property. Individual sales are not shown. A median is only given where there were at least ten sales.

Source: DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

10.8%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

25%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

32%

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Health, shops and services.

Facilities and services in Sarthe on 1 January 2025, from Insee’s permanent database of facilities.

6.0GPs per 10,000 residents2025

149pharmacieson 1 January 2025

280food storessupermarkets, convenience stores, grocers

General practitioners338

Dentists197

Nurses562

Physiotherapists412

Pharmacies149

Group health centres21

Emergency departments7

Supermarkets and hypermarkets129

Convenience stores and grocers151

Bakeries399

Butchers153

Petrol stations103

EV charging stations156

Post offices and postal points213

Banks164

France services centres27

Police and gendarmerie45

Restaurants1,029

Hairdressers755

Nurseries90

Swimming pools47

Sports halls141

Gyms128

Cinemas14

Libraries135

Performance venues14

Insee’s permanent database of facilities lists the shops, services and health professionals present in each commune on 1 January. Health professionals in private practice are counted one by one; several may work at the same address.

Source: Insee, permanent database of facilities 2025 (Open Licence 2.0)

Natural and industrial hazards.

Share of the département’s 354 communes exposed to each major hazard, and natural-disaster declarations since 1982.

Severe weather100%

Transport of hazardous goods100%

Earthquake70%

Forest fire41%

Radon14%

Ground movement2%

Industrial hazard2%

2,072natural-disaster declarationssince 1982

32%of communes have a natural-hazard prevention planin force

Natural-disaster declarations by type

Floods and mudflows1,193

Ground movement477

Drought (clay shrinkage)402

A natural-disaster declaration (arrêté CatNat) lets insurers pay out for the damage. The count reflects past events, not a forecast of future risk. The list of hazards comes from each département’s major-risk file; a prevention plan in force limits building in exposed zones.

Source: Géorisques, GASPAR database (Open Licence 2.0), as of 5 October 2026