Flée ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.5%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Flée comes in at 0.8%. 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.7% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 528 people lived here, in 240 households.
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 Flée
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Flée, 18% of its 330 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Flée had 559 residents at the 2012 census and 528 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Flée has 9.9%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%.
Flée’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 90% 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 −4%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 67% of compared French towns: half of Flée is over 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Flée 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
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%.
4.4% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Fewer one-person households than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 26% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,260 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 €24,260 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Flée ranks above 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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
Here 30% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.5% in Flée.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 2.1% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 75% of compared French towns: 46%
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
At 25%, the share of single residents is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Flée
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 528 to 2,582 people, the 18th oldest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Flée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flée | 46.6 | 22% | 18% | 3.4% |
| Montval-sur-Loir 5,641 · 3.3 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 5.9% | 3% |
| Mayet 3,187 · 8.9 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 6.6% | 1.3% |
| Écommoy 4,868 · 10.7 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| Teloché 3,067 · 13.8 mi | 44.2 | 18% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais 4,252 · 14.8 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Parigné-l'Évêque 5,358 · 14.9 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 Flée
What is the population of Flée?
528 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (559).
How old are Flée’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Flée?
60, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Flée?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Flée?
€24,260 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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