Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.9% of homes are flats
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 17% in Lantenay. At the 2023 Census Lantenay was home to 260 people in 120 households. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Lantenay has 7.5%.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Lantenay
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lantenay, 14% of its 150 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% 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.
14% of homes in Lantenay are second homes
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
The share of empty homes tops 62% of compared French towns: 7.8%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Lantenay changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 75% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Ain town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Half of Lantenay is over 50, older than 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lantenay 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%, below 77% of compared French towns. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in Lantenay.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
8.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 71% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on one-person households: 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,940 a year to live on
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 Lantenay is €28,940 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Lantenay sits above 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Lantenay has 30%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.8% of residents are immigrants in Lantenay
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Lantenay, 1.9%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lantenay ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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 trails 94% of compared French towns: 19%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 67% 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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 260 to 2,582 people, 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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Lantenay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantenay | 50 | 22% | 14% | 3.8% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 7.1 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 7.2 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 8.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 9.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 9.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 11.4 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
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 Lantenay
What is the population of Lantenay?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (263).
How old are Lantenay’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lantenay?
21, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lantenay?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lantenay?
€28,940 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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