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A town in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, home to 801 people.
Pruillé-l'Éguillé isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 11% of homes.
The 2 things Pruillé-l'Éguillé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pruillé-l'Éguillé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Benehard, in Chahaignes, 6.9 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pruillé-l'Éguillé.
Just over a quarter of adults hold a degree, between Sarthe’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. People aged 15 to 24 are 9.8% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Pruillé-l'Éguillé | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 7.7%. Pruillé-l'Éguillé has 100 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €24,110 a year per consumption unit, close to Sarthe’s towns (€24,770) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 9.6 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ChevallierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.55/m² a month, close to Sarthe’s towns (€9.64/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €7.79/m² a month. 40 houses and apartments changed hands in Pruillé-l'Éguillé from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,161/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pruillé-l'Éguillé. Best known first.
Nothing in Pruillé-l'Éguillé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pruillé-l'Éguillé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruillé-l'Éguillé | 801 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Écommoy | 4,868 | 6.9 | B | A | B | B |
| Parigné-l'Évêque | 5,358 | 7.6 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Teloché | 3,067 | 7.9 | — | A− | — | B |
| Mayet | 3,187 | 8.8 | A | A− | A | D |
| Mulsanne | 5,244 | 9.7 | A | B | B | B+ |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais | 4,252 | 9.9 | — | B+ | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Pruillé-l'Éguillé is a commune of 801 people in the Communauté de communes Loir-Lucé-Bercé. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 8, 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.