37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.3%, below 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). On empty homes, Aigné sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 3.6%. The town’s 670 households held 1,695 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Aigné
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 55% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 88% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aigné 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Aigné’s residents are under 42, younger than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In Aigné, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 6.1% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.1%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. 1.4% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,990 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,990 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns: 8.4%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
In Aigné, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 0.9%, below 96% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in Aigné, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
By its share of single residents (19%), Aigné is below 94% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Aigné, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Aigné, 36%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,695 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Aigné: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigné | 42 | 16% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 1.2 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 2.2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 2.6 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Coulaines 8,121 · 5.2 mi | 40.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 12% |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans 3,851 · 6.3 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 1% | 3% |
| Le Mans 146,249 · 6.4 mi | 40.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Aigné
What is the population of Aigné?
1,695 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,600).
How old are Aigné’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aigné?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aigné?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aigné?
€27,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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