Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
With residents aged 65 and over at 15%, Prévelles is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. On one-person households, Prévelles sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 28%. In 2023, the Census found 188 residents in the town, living in 85 households. Here, nearly two in five households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Prévelles
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Prévelles, 14% of its 110 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prévelles had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 188 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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
The share of empty homes tops 86% of compared French towns: 11%. Here, 14% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Prévelles’s population moved −23% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −10%, then −14% to 2023. Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Prévelles is younger than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prévelles 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Prévelles has 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.6%
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
Households average 2.2 people. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Prévelles has more couples with children than 64% of compared French towns, at 28%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,310 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.
At €25,310 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Prévelles ranks below 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 28%
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. On average, 32% 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).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 92% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Prévelles and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
At 43%, the share of married residents is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Prévelles, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prévelles | 42.3 | 15% | 14% | 2% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 2.7 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Connerré 2,780 · 6.8 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 8.1 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 8.8 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 · 10 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
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 Prévelles
What is the population of Prévelles?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (243).
How old are Prévelles’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prévelles?
16, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prévelles?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prévelles?
€25,310 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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