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PincéSarthe

A town of 192 in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Pincé a good place to live?

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

Église Saint-Aubin
Église Saint-Aubin · Inscrit · Photo: Labiloute · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pincé’s story

Pincé in pictures

Pincé has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 2003.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2003First protected: Église Saint-Aubin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pincé.

Who lives here

Children make up only 14% of Pincé, fewer than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.7% of the town. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, between Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 26% of the town.

50.2median age
PincéSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pincé
PincéSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1514%17%17%
15–247.7%9.9%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+26%26%22%
No diploma11%24%19%
CAP or BEP37%30%26%
Baccalauréat22%16%18%
Higher education25%22%30%

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

History

Pincé keeps more of its old housing than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919

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

Pincé has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
11th c.
oldest protected part
2003
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Pincé run higher than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,700 a year per consumption unit

2.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 6.2% are unemployed. At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Pincé didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Pincé, 0.1 per working resident
6.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Pincé costs less than in Sarthe’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.71/m² a month

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

Sales in Pincé from July 2023 to June 2026: 6 houses and apartments.

€7.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pincé€7.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Sarthe median€9.64/m²
€7.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.18 to €9.62/m² a month)
€7.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pincé

12pages on Pincé

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Aubin: Photo: Labiloute · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Pincé

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pincé yet.

How we find them →

Pincé’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 →
PrécignéSablé-sur-SartheMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayLes Hauts-d'AnjouDurtalTiercéPrécignéSablé-sur-SartheMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayLes Hauts-d'AnjouDurtalTiercéPincé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pincé192—————
Précigné2,8773.4A+B+AB−
Sablé-sur-Sarthe12,3263.6B−A−DB+
Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray Maine-et-Loire3,6875.5—A—B+
Les Hauts-d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire8,75110AA−BA−
Durtal Maine-et-Loire3,38611CA−CC+
Tiercé Maine-et-Loire4,58913AC+A−A

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

About Pincé

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Pincé is a commune of 192 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

Population
192 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Sabolien
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.8 km²)
INSEE code
72236

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.