Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
In Connerré, 13% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 40% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. This Sarthe town counted 2,780 residents and 1,380 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes: a tenth of the total.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Connerré: −3%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Connerré 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Connerré is 45.2, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% locally.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Connerré has 21%. There are 2 people in the average household. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Connerré sits above 71% of compared French towns for households without a car (15%)
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
At 2.7%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Fewer households in social housing than in 56% of compared French towns: 11%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,270 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 €24,270 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 12.0%.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.7% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 87% 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.
The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 50: that is how common foreign nationals are in Connerré (2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Connerré ranks below 60% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Married residents account for 42%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 86% of compared French towns: 27%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,755 to 2,805 people), the 10th 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.
The youngest is La Fère (39.7), the oldest Collioure (60.8).
Connerré sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connerré | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 3.7 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 · 5.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Champagné 3,666 · 7.8 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 8.8 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 9.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Parigné-l'Évêque 5,358 · 10.3 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 2.9% | 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 Connerré
What is the population of Connerré?
2,780 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,861).
How old are Connerré’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Connerré?
43, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Connerré?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Connerré?
€24,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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