Tortezais ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.2%
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 172 people lived in Tortezais, in 82 households. In Tortezais, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker. Couples with children are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns.
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 Tortezais
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tortezais, 15% of its 110 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 81% 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
Tortezais had 180 residents at the 2012 census and 172 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 8.4% of homes stand empty here. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% of homes are second homes.
Since 2012, Tortezais has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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 −1% for the median Allier town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Tortezais is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tortezais 50. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Tortezais sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
In Tortezais, 39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 65% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,950 a year
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.
At €24,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.6% in Tortezais. The wider picture: nearly a third 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).
Below 60% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Here, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Tortezais has 50%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (26%), Tortezais is below 64% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 172 to 2,582
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).
4 of 5 neighbors are older than Tortezais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tortezais | 50 | 23% | 15% | 5.6% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 12.2 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 13.1 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 14.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 16.3 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 16.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
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 Tortezais
What is the population of Tortezais?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (180).
How old are Tortezais’ residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tortezais?
16, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tortezais?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tortezais?
€24,950 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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