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Home to 645 people, this town lies in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire.
Villaines-sous-Lucé is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villaines-sous-Lucé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Benehard, in Chahaignes, 7.3 mi away.
27% 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 Villaines-sous-Lucé.
Children under 15 make up 20%, above Sarthe’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Graduates make up 22% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
| Villaines-sous-Lucé | Sarthe median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Sarthe median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Sarthe’s towns (7.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Villaines-sous-Lucé: 100, for 300 residents in work (0.3 each). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Villaines-sous-Lucé didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
The nearest collège is 1.1 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 12.3 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.
The market in Villaines-sous-Lucé: 24 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.79/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Villaines-sous-Lucé 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 Villaines-sous-Lucé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villaines-sous-Lucé | 645 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Parigné-l'Évêque | 5,358 | 7.9 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Teloché | 3,067 | 10 | — | A− | — | B |
| Écommoy | 4,868 | 10 | B | A | B | B |
| Mulsanne | 5,244 | 12 | A | B | B | B+ |
| Ruaudin | 3,481 | 12 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Saint-Calais | 2,948 | 12 | B | A+ | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Villaines-sous-Lucé is a commune of 645 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) · 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 9, 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.