A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
47% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Ancinnes’s 400 households held 895 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put single-parent households at 1.3% in the town. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 7% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Ancinnes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ancinnes had 938 residents at the 2012 census and 895 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ancinnes has changed by −5%, slower than 87% 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 median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −6%.
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 76% 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
■ Ancinnes 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ancinnes is 45.2, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Ancinnes (24%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Ancinnes ranks above 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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
33% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. 7.7% of homes stand empty, or about one in 13.
A median of €24,560 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.7% in Ancinnes, less than in 94% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Ancinnes has 1.4%. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married and 11% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.1% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Ancinnes ranks below 67% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 895 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Ancinnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancinnes | 45.2 | 24% | 2.9% | 1.7% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 5.8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 6.1 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 7.3 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 9.1 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 17.4 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
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 Ancinnes
What is the population of Ancinnes?
895 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (938).
How old are Ancinnes’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancinnes?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancinnes?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancinnes?
€24,560 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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