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Renovation in La Flèche
In 2025, 22% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 22%
Homes authorised in La Flèche: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | 34 | 153 |
| 2024 | 75 | 4 | 79 |
| 2023 | 55 | 76 | 131 |
| 2022 | 190 | 12 | 202 |
| 2021 | 78 | 18 | 96 |
| 2020 | 46 | 9 | 55 |
| 2019 | 42 | — | 42 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3 | 40 |
| 2017 | 35 | — | 35 |
| 2016 | 74 | — | 74 |
| 2015 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 2013 | 67 | — | 67 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €148,950. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €580 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 29%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €917
- Owning per month
- €468
Figures for Sarthe: La Flèche has no reliable figures of its own.
27.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 2,597
In 2022 the population fell by 134 while 52 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 52
- Population change, 2022
- −134
7.4% of the 8,072 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.4%
- Empty homes
- 597
Public bodies signed €773.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €2M since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €773.4K
- Per resident, 2025
- €52