AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · Metropolitan department in France

Sarthe

Metropolitan department FR-72 Largest city: Le Mans
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.4 pts).
MODEL29th of 101 regions88.7K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
567K
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.8%
44th largest of 101
People in workMODEL
248K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.0%
national 6.0%
Area
6,236 km²
91 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
26% live in major cities
Largest city
Le Mans
145K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Pays de la Loire area (5 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.46×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
2.7%
0.8% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
35%
national 37%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
47%
national 46%
Augmentation 53%Automation 47%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Sarthe France
Health & care 13.9%
Business services 13.6%
Retail & wholesale 12.8%
Manufacturing 10.5%
Public admin 8.6%
Education 7.7%
Construction 6.6%
Other services 5.8%
Transport & logistics 4.9%
Hospitality 4.4%
ICT & software 4.1%
Finance 3.6%
Utilities 1.8%
Agriculture 1.6%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 14.9K Business services 14.1K Retail & wholesale 10.9K Public admin 10.1K Education 9,106 Manufacturing 5,780 Finance 4,755 ICT & software 4,548

Ranking in France

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 101 regions.

26Marne 36% 27Calvados 36% 28Côte-d’Or 36% 29Sarthe 36% 30Gard 36% 31Somme 36% 32Doubs 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits France's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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