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103 residents make their home in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Louzes has none. Second homes make up 14% of its housing. 37% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Louzes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Louzes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Mamers, 6 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louzes.
Aged 15 to 24: 3.8% of residents. 34% of adults hold a degree, above Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Line up the people of Louzes by age and the one in the middle is 60.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Louzes | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.6% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.4% of working residents in Louzes didn’t travel to work at all. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 13.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
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.
7 houses and apartments changed hands in Louzes from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Louzes 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 Louzes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louzes | 103 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mamers | 4,996 | 6.1 | B | A | C | C |
| Alençon Orne | 25,490 | 9.8 | C | A− | D− | B− |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 3,636 | 11 | B+ | A | B− | A− |
| Mortagne-au-Perche Orne | 3,898 | 13 | B | A | C+ | C+ |
| Sées Orne | 4,168 | 14 | B+ | A | C− | A− |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe | 2,928 | 15 | B+ | A+ | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Louzes is a commune of 103 people in the Communauté de communes Maine Saosnois. 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.