Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
691 people call this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire home.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Louailles falls below the line for grades. Just just over one in ten residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Louailles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Louailles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir de Vrigné, in Juigné-sur-Sarthe, 5.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louailles.
Children under 15 count for just over a fifth of the people here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of residents, above Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Louailles | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 40% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per resident in work, Louailles counts 0.7 jobs (250 jobs, 350 workers). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Louailles didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.66/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 18 homes in Louailles.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Louailles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Louailles yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louailles | 691 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Précigné | 2,877 | 3.9 | A+ | B+ | A | B− |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe | 12,326 | 5.2 | B− | A− | D | B+ |
| Durtal Maine-et-Loire | 3,386 | 7.9 | C | A− | C | C+ |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray Maine-et-Loire | 3,687 | 8.4 | — | A | — | B+ |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe | 2,556 | 8.9 | A+ | A | A− | A+ |
| La Flèche | 14,947 | 10 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Louailles is a commune of 691 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Sabolien. 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
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.