Photo: Labiloute · CC BY-SA 3.04% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 93% of compared French towns
Flats: 12%, below 83% of compared French towns. At 7.1%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 2,877 residents in Précigné, living in 1,270 households. 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 11.
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.
What stands out about the people of Précigné
Fewer residents than in 2012
Précigné had 3,070 residents at the 2012 census and 2,877 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 92% of compared French towns grew faster than Précigné: −6%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Sarthe. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Précigné is older than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Précigné 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Précigné (23%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Fewer one-person households than in 52% of compared French towns: 35%.
8.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 67% of compared French towns
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
Second homes make up 3.7%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8% of homes stand empty. At 10%, the share of households without a car is lower than in just over half of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,340 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 €25,340 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 8.0% of the population.
Précigné: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 86% of compared French towns
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
22% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Précigné, 1.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Précigné
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Précigné comes in at 45%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Précigné, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (27%), Précigné is above 84% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,849 to 2,907 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.9 in Charquemont to 60.3 in Batz-sur-Mer.
Précigné is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Précigné | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 3,687 · 4.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 8.6% | 2% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 5.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Durtal 3,386 · 7.3 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou 8,751 · 10.9 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Tiercé 4,589 · 12.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 1.9% | 2% |
| La Flèche 14,947 · 12.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
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 Précigné
What is the population of Précigné?
2,877 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (3,070).
How old are Précigné’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Précigné?
54, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Précigné?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Précigné?
€25,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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