Flats make up 1.6% in Piacé, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a manual worker in Piacé. Couples with children are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. There were 170 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 370 residents. 4.9% of households have no car.
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.
Piacé changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 54% 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
The median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six −3%.
Younger than 79% of compared French towns: half of Piacé is under 40
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Piacé 40. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Piacé is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. What’s more, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns.
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%.
A larger share of one-person households than 61% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.2 people.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 5.6% of homes are second homes
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, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Empty homes account for 9.2%.
Median standard of living: €23,660 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.
Living standards centre on €23,660 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Only 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Piacé
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 0.6%, a lower share than 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%. About one in 45: that is how common immigrants are in Piacé (2.2%). Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Piacé, less than in 99% 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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 370 to 2,582 people, the 3rd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Piacé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piacé | 40 | 19% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 2.6 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 11.1 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 11.4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 11.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 13.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 13.8 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
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 Piacé
What is the population of Piacé?
370 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (356).
How old are Piacé’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Piacé?
11, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Piacé?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Piacé?
€23,660 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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