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LavernatSarthe

586 residents make their home in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Lavernat a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Lavernat out for now. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing.

What makes Lavernat stand out

The one thing Lavernat does most differently from other towns.

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Lavernat’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Lavernat’s story

No historic monuments in Lavernat

The Culture ministry lists no building in Lavernat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château du Fort-des-Salles, in Mayet, 4 mi away.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lavernat.

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Lavernat are under 15, more than in both Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns

Aged 15 to 24: 9.2% of residents. Degrees are held by 23% of adults, close to Sarthe’s towns (22%) and below compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over.

45.3median age
LavernatSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lavernat
LavernatSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–249.2%9.9%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+19%26%22%
No diploma21%24%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat16%16%18%
Higher education23%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Lavernat than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 4.9%

100 jobs are based in Lavernat, for 250 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 7.1% of working residents in Lavernat didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income is €25,400 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Lavernat, 0.4 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,400
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 Lavernat 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 Lavernat. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.74/m² a month.

€8.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lavernat€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)
€6.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lavernat

11pages on Lavernat

Landmarks

Nothing in Lavernat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Lavernat

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lavernat yet.

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Lavernat’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Sarthe →
Montval-sur-LoirMayetÉcommoyLe LudeTelochéLaigné-Saint-GervaisMontval-sur-LoirMayetÉcommoyLe LudeTelochéLaigné-Saint-GervaisLavernat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lavernat586—————
Montval-sur-Loir5,6413.7BADB+
Mayet3,1874.7AA−AD
Écommoy4,8688.4BABB
Le Lude3,98310A−AC−C+
Teloché3,06712—A−—B
Laigné-Saint-Gervais4,25212—B+—B−

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

About Lavernat

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Lavernat is a commune of 586 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
586 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Loir-Lucé-Bercé
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
8.8 sq mi (22.8 km²)
INSEE code
72160

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.