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A town of 528 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Flée a good place to live?

Flée is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Flée stand out

The one thing Flée does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Sainte-Cécile
Chapelle Sainte-Cécile · Classé · Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flée’s story

Flée in pictures

Flée has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1984First protected: Chapelle Sainte-Cécile
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Flée.

History

Flée keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 40% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Flée is Chapelle Sainte-Cécile. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1984
first monument protected

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

Who lives here

Flée has fewer young adults than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 8.5% are 15 to 24

Over-65s are 22% of the population. 23% of adults hold a degree, about level with Sarthe’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

46.6median age
FléeSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Flée
FléeSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–248.5%9.9%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+22%26%22%
No diploma16%24%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education23%22%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Flée are out of work than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 11.8%

6.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 250 residents in work, Flée has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,260 a year.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Flée, 0.3 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Flée than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.09/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 28 homes were sold in Flée.

€8.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Flée€8.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Sarthe median€9.64/m²
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.42 to €10.18/m² a month)
€7.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Manoir de la Faverie and 3 more in and around Flée

Heritage in and near Flée. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Flée

12pages on Flée

Landmarks

Flée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Chapelle Sainte-Cécile: Photo: Gregofhuest · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Flée

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Flée as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Flée’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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Montval-sur-LoirMayetÉcommoyTelochéLaigné-Saint-GervaisParigné-l'ÉvêqueMontval-sur-LoirMayetÉcommoyTelochéLaigné-Saint-GervaisParigné-l'ÉvêqueFlée
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Flée528—————
Montval-sur-Loir5,6413.3BADB+
Mayet3,1878.9AA−AD
Écommoy4,86811BABB
Teloché3,06714—A−—B
Laigné-Saint-Gervais4,25215—B+—B−
Parigné-l'Évêque5,35815A+A−AB+

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

About Flée

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Flée is a commune of 528 people in the Communauté de communes Loir-Lucé-Bercé. 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
528 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loir-Lucé-Bercé
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.5 km²)
INSEE code
72134

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 October 30, 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.