A median age of 56.7: Lételon is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 93 residents in Lételon, living in 47 households. Census figures put one-person households at 40% locally. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of homes stand empty locally.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Lételon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lételon, 39% of its 84 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lételon had 116 residents at the 2012 census and 93 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lételon’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lételon ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 39%
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
Turnover: 6.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 33% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Lételon changed by −20% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 those years, the median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −12% to 2023.
Lételon sits above 84% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lételon 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Lételon
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. On single-parent households, Lételon sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 10%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
70% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker is 14%; Lételon has 20%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Lételon’s residents
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lételon: 44% of residents 15 and over are married, above 61% of compared French towns
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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
For Lételon, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (93 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Lételon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lételon | 56.7 | 30% | 39% | 0% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 6.2 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 15.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 Lételon
What is the population of Lételon?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (116).
How old are Lételon’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lételon?
33, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lételon?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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