In Requeil, 0.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
5.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). At the 2023 Census, 1,108 people lived in Requeil, in 490 households. In Requeil, 5.2% of homes are second homes. Fewer one-person households than in 74% of compared French towns: 31%.
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 Requeil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Requeil had 1,204 residents at the 2012 census and 1,108 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Requeil changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%. The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Requeil 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Requeil’s residents are under 42.2, younger than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Requeil, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% 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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Requeil comes in at 8.2%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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
Of all households, 5.7% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes stand empty.
Median standard of living: €24,300 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.
The median standard of living in Requeil is €24,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Requeil, 35%. The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than just over half of compared French towns, at 9.2%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.4%, a lower share than 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.
In Requeil, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Requeil, 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 89% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,108 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is older than Requeil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requeil | 42.2 | 22% | 5.2% | 1.4% |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 3,341 · 4.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| Mayet 3,187 · 5.7 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 6.6% | 1.3% |
| Écommoy 4,868 · 6.2 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| Guécélard 3,202 · 6.6 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais 4,252 · 6.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Moncé-en-Belin 3,697 · 7.9 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
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 Requeil
What is the population of Requeil?
1,108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,204).
How old are Requeil’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Requeil?
28, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Requeil?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Requeil?
€24,300 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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