Flats make up 0.8% in Dangeul, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for second homes is 6.8% in Dangeul and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 486 people lived here, in 200 households. On the census count, 1.5% 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.
Dangeul changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 70% 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
■ Dangeul 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Dangeul: 26% of households are couples with children, above 53% 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Dangeul has fewer single-parent households than 52% of compared French towns, at 9.9%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Dangeul ranks above 85% of compared French towns on empty homes: 11%
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
The share of households without a car is 6.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,670 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.
Half of Dangeul’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Dangeul ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 28% of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 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).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.8%), Dangeul is below just over four fifths 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.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 21%, below 87% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Dangeul
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
Here nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 9th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Dangeul is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dangeul | 42.1 | 19% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 8.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 9.1 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 9.2 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 11.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 11.8 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 13.7 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
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 Dangeul
What is the population of Dangeul?
486 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (482).
How old are Dangeul’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dangeul?
17, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dangeul?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dangeul?
€23,670 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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