A town of second homes: 15% of its homes
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 29% of households are one person living alone in Vezot. This Sarthe town counted 75 residents and 33 households at the 2023 Census. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 43% here.
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 Vezot
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vezot, 15% of its 41 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 5.9% of households have no car in Vezot
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car. Empty homes account for 4.9%.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 83% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Sarthe town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +17%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Vezot is over 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vezot 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Vezot sits above 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (14%)
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. At 29%, the share of couples with children is higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.3% in Vezot. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Vezot ranks above 56% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 69% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 75 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Vezot, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vezot | 50.1 | 21% | 15% | 1.3% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 3.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 10.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 11.2 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 11.2 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 13.7 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 16.5 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
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 Vezot
What is the population of Vezot?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (65).
How old are Vezot’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vezot?
6, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vezot?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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