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Rouessé-VasséSarthe

The town has 785 residents and lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.

Is Rouessé-Vassé a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Rouessé-Vassé has none. The median price paid is €913/m².

What makes Rouessé-Vassé stand out

The one thing Rouessé-Vassé does most differently from other towns.

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Rouessé-Vassé’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Rouessé-Vassé’s story

No historic monuments in Rouessé-Vassé

The Culture ministry lists no building in Rouessé-Vassé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château de Foulletorte, in Saint-Georges-sur-Erve, 3.7 mi away.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rouessé-Vassé.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Rouessé-Vassé than in Sarthe’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults

Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above Sarthe’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town. Rouessé-Vassé has a median age of 48.6 years.

48.6median age
Rouessé-VasséSarthe medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rouessé-Vassé
Rouessé-VasséSarthe medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–2411%9.9%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+25%26%22%
No diploma26%24%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education16%22%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Rouessé-Vassé, 12.2%, runs above Sarthe’s towns and compared French towns

Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,740 a year. Jobs based in Rouessé-Vassé number 50, against 300 residents in work (0.2 per worker). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.1% of commuters travelled at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Rouessé-Vassé, 0.2 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,740
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 Rouessé-Vassé costs less than in Sarthe’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.94/m² a month

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

Sales in Rouessé-Vassé from July 2023 to June 2026: 43 houses and apartments.

€913/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Rouessé-Vassé€913/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Sarthe median€1,638/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€913/m²43
€6.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.43 to €8.87/m² a month)
€6.63/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rouessé-Vassé

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Landmarks

Nothing in Rouessé-Vassé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Rouessé-Vassé

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rouessé-Vassé yet.

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Rouessé-Vassé’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 →
ÉvronVillaines-la-JuhelFresnay-sur-SartheLa BazogeMontsûrsLa MilesseÉvronVillaines-la-JuhelFresnay-sur-SartheLa BazogeMontsûrsLa MilesseRouessé-Vassé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rouessé-Vassé785—————
Évron Mayenne8,2529.8A+ABB+
Villaines-la-Juhel Mayenne2,67113A+A+A−B−
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe2,92815B+A+BB+
La Bazoge3,79616A+A−A+A−
Montsûrs Mayenne3,19217A+AA+B
La Milesse2,61717—B—B+

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

About Rouessé-Vassé

Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Rouessé-Vassé is a commune of 785 people in the Communauté de communes de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. 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
785 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé
Département
Sarthe (72)
Région
Pays de la Loire
Area
12.3 sq mi (31.8 km²)
INSEE code
72255

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 October 30, 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.