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Asnières-sur-VègreSarthe

331 people live in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Asnières-sur-Vègre a good place to live?

Asnières-sur-Vègre is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 13% of its housing.

What makes Asnières-sur-Vègre stand out

The one thing Asnières-sur-Vègre does most differently from other towns.

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Manoir des Claies
Manoir des Claies · Inscrit · Photo: Smoke It 2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Asnières-sur-Vègre’s story

Asnières-sur-Vègre in pictures

Asnières-sur-Vègre has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2004.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1984First protected: Vieux Pont sur la Vègre
  • 1996Most recently protected: Manoir des Claies
  • 2004The protected historic area is created
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Asnières-sur-Vègre.

History

Asnières-sur-Vègre keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 31% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Asnières-sur-Vègre has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2004. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments locally is Cour de Justice (ancienne) dénommée aussi Le Temple.

5historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected
2004
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
31%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Asnières-sur-Vègre are 15 to 24: 7.8%, fewer than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns

Degrees are held by 29% of adults, above Sarthe’s towns (22%) and close to compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 13% of the population here. Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65.

52.3median age
Asnières-sur-VègreSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Asnières-sur-Vègre
Asnières-sur-VègreSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1513%17%17%
15–247.8%9.9%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+24%26%22%
No diploma17%24%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat23%16%18%
Higher education29%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 5.2% of commuters in Asnières-sur-Vègre go to work without a car, fewer than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns

6.2% of the labour force are out of work. Asnières-sur-Vègre holds 50 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Bus, tram or train carried 4.0% of working residents in Asnières-sur-Vègre to work at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Asnières-sur-Vègre, 0.2 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Asnières-sur-Vègre costs less than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.79/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Asnières-sur-Vègre from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€8.79/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Asnières-sur-Vègre€8.79/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Sarthe median€9.64/m²
€8.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €10.90/m² a month)
€7.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Cour de justice d'Asnières-sur-Vègre and 8 more in and around Asnières-sur-Vègre

Heritage in and near Asnières-sur-Vègre. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Asnières-sur-Vègre

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Landmarks

Asnières-sur-Vègre has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Cour de Justice (ancienne) dénommée aussi Le Temple: Photo: Touzé Eric · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Moulinvieux: Photo: La photo de Jojo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vieux Pont sur la Vègre: Photo: Cliatop · Public domain · Manoir des Claies: Photo: Smoke It 2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Asnières-sur-Vègre

One notable person was born in Asnières-sur-Vègre.

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Asnières-sur-Vègre’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Sablé-sur-SartheNoyen-sur-SarthePrécignéLa Suze-sur-SartheRoëzé-sur-SartheMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumeraySablé-sur-SartheNoyen-sur-SarthePrécignéLa Suze-sur-SartheRoëzé-sur-SartheMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayAsnières-sur-Vègre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Asnières-sur-Vègre331—————
Sablé-sur-Sarthe12,3265.6B−A−DB+
Noyen-sur-Sarthe2,5566.3A+AA−A+
Précigné2,8779.4A+B+AB−
La Suze-sur-Sarthe4,69312A+A−B+A
Roëzé-sur-Sarthe2,51414—A—B+
Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray Maine-et-Loire3,68714—A—B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Asnières-sur-Vègre

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Asnières-sur-Vègre is a commune of 331 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Sabolien. 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
331 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Sabolien
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
4.9 sq mi (12.6 km²)
INSEE code
72010

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.