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PiacéSarthe

A town of 370 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Piacé a good place to live?

Piacé is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Chapelle priorale Saint-Léger
Chapelle priorale Saint-Léger · Inscrit · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Piacé’s story

Piacé in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Piacé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1988.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Fernand Chatelain, born in 1899, is the one person born in Piacé before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1988First protected: Chapelle priorale Saint-Léger
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Piacé.

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Piacé are under 15, more than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns

For Piacé, that is above both Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 19% of the town.

40median age
PiacéSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Piacé
PiacéSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1521%17%17%
15–249.1%9.9%11%
25–4428%20%23%
45–6423%26%26%
65+19%26%22%
No diploma21%24%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education18%22%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Piacé: 40% were built before 1919, more than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Piacé sits above both Sarthe’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Piacé, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1988
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 2.9% of commuters in Piacé go to work without a car, fewer than in Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Piacé below both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Piacé has 100 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 7.1% of the labour force are out of work.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Piacé, 0.5 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Piacé is above both Sarthe’s towns (89.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

91.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Piacé91.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Albert MaignanNearest collègeCollègeCollège4791%+4 pts
91.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Piacé costs less than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.17/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Piacé comes below both Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.17/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Piacé€7.17/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Sarthe median€9.64/m²
€7.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.54 to €9.29/m² a month)
€7.51/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Prieuré de Vivoin and 3 more in and around Piacé

Heritage in and near Piacé. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Piacé

13pages on Piacé

Landmarks

Piacé has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle priorale Saint-Léger: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

Famous people from Piacé

One notable person was born in Piacé.

Their page →

Piacé’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 →
Fresnay-sur-SartheSaint-Germain-du-CorbéisLa BazogeAlençonMamersLa MilesseFresnay-sur-SartheSaint-Germain-du-CorbéisLa BazogeAlençonMamersLa MilessePiacé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Piacé370—————
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe2,9282.6B+A+BB+
Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne3,63611B+AB−A−
La Bazoge3,79611A+A−A+A−
Alençon Orne25,49012CA−D−B−
Mamers4,99613BACC
La Milesse2,61714—B—B+

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

About Piacé

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Piacé is a commune of 370 people in the Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. 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
370 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
3.9 sq mi (10.1 km²)
INSEE code
72235

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.