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582 residents make their home in this town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Poillé-sur-Vègre a good place to live?

Poillé-sur-Vègre is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Château de Verdelles
Château de Verdelles · Classé · Photo: Brunodumaine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Poillé-sur-Vègre’s story

Poillé-sur-Vègre in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Poillé-sur-Vègre counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1922.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1922First protected: Château de Verdelles
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poillé-sur-Vègre.

Who lives here

Poillé-sur-Vègre has fewer older residents than Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over

23% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, above Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and close to compared French towns (11%). Residents of Poillé-sur-Vègre have a median age of 45.2.

45.2median age
Poillé-sur-VègreSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Poillé-sur-Vègre
Poillé-sur-VègreSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–2411%9.9%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+19%26%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat24%16%18%
Higher education23%22%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Poillé-sur-Vègre: 41% 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.

Among the classé monuments in Poillé-sur-Vègre is Château de Verdelles. On the Culture ministry’s list, Poillé-sur-Vègre counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

15th c.
oldest protected part
1922
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Poillé-sur-Vègre, 3.9%, runs below Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns

For its 300 residents in work, Poillé-sur-Vègre has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Sarthe’s towns (10.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income is €26,150 a year for each consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Poillé-sur-Vègre, 0.3 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
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 Poillé-sur-Vègre costs less than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.79/m² a month

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

The market in Poillé-sur-Vègre: 19 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.79/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Poillé-sur-Vègre€8.79/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Sarthe median€9.64/m²
€8.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.09 to €10.90/m² a month)
€7.10/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Verdelles and 7 more in and around Poillé-sur-Vègre

Heritage in and near Poillé-sur-Vègre. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Poillé-sur-Vègre

12pages on Poillé-sur-Vègre

Landmarks

The list names few of Poillé-sur-Vègre’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de Verdelles: Photo: Brunodumaine · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Poillé-sur-Vègre

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Poillé-sur-Vègre yet.

How we find them →

Poillé-sur-Vègre’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 →
Sablé-sur-SartheNoyen-sur-SarthePrécignéMeslay-du-MaineLa Suze-sur-SartheMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumeraySablé-sur-SartheNoyen-sur-SarthePrécignéMeslay-du-MaineLa Suze-sur-SartheMorannes sur Sarthe-DaumerayPoillé-sur-Vègre
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Poillé-sur-Vègre582—————
Sablé-sur-Sarthe12,3266.2B−A−DB+
Noyen-sur-Sarthe2,5568.4A+AA−A+
Précigné2,87711A+B+AB−
Meslay-du-Maine Mayenne2,77914A+AA+A−
La Suze-sur-Sarthe4,69314A+A−B+A
Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray Maine-et-Loire3,68715—A—B+

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

About Poillé-sur-Vègre

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Poillé-sur-Vègre is a commune of 582 people in the LBN Communauté. 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
582 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
LBN Communauté
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.6 km²)
INSEE code
72239

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 November 9, 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.