A higher share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 99% of compared French towns: 2%. Half of La Chapelle-d'Aligné’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Its 710 households held 1,729 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.5% 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.
What stands out about the people of La Chapelle-d'Aligné
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 2.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Chapelle-d'Aligné’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Chapelle-d'Aligné 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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%.
2.8% 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
The figure for one-person households is 27% in La Chapelle-d'Aligné and 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of homes are flats
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
Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%. La Chapelle-d'Aligné has fewer households without a car than 88% of compared French towns, at 5%. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.4% of homes are second homes locally.
At the median, €24,860 a year to live on
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 €24,860 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 34% in La Chapelle-d'Aligné, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 26% in La Chapelle-d'Aligné. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.4% of residents are immigrants in La Chapelle-d'Aligné
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across La Chapelle-d'Aligné, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 68% of compared French towns
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In La Chapelle-d'Aligné, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,729 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than La Chapelle-d'Aligné
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-d'Aligné | 39.5 | 15% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Durtal 3,386 · 4.2 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 4.5 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 3,687 · 7.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 8.6% | 2% |
| La Flèche 14,947 · 7.9 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 8.4 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 11.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
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 La Chapelle-d'Aligné
What is the population of La Chapelle-d'Aligné?
1,729 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,589).
How old are La Chapelle-d'Aligné’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chapelle-d'Aligné?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chapelle-d'Aligné?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chapelle-d'Aligné?
€24,860 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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