Longnes ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.9%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 15% of residents are 65 or over. In 2023, the Census found 286 residents in Longnes, living in 130 households. The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 24% in Longnes and 14% in the typical compared French town.
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 Longnes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Longnes had 350 residents at the 2012 census and 286 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Longnes’s population moved −18% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 −12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Longnes is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Longnes 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Fewer single-parent households than 80% of compared French towns: 8%
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 2.3 people each. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 66% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children trails 57% of compared French towns: 24%.
Longnes sits above 75% of compared French towns for second homes (4.7%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Empty homes account for 9.5%.
A typical living standard of €25,470 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,470 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 79% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (36%), Longnes is above 69% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.3% in Longnes, less than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Longnes comes in at 0.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Longnes, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Longnes. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
No nearby town is as young as Longnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longnes | 39.8 | 15% | 4.7% | 0.3% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 10.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 4,693 · 10.5 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 10.5 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 2,514 · 10.9 mi | 50.6 | 24% | 4.8% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 11.5 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Allonnes 10,739 · 11.7 mi | 44.7 | 26% | 1.2% | 12% |
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 Longnes
What is the population of Longnes?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (350).
How old are Longnes’ residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Longnes?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Longnes?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Longnes?
€25,470 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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