Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.029% of households are one person living alone, below 81% of compared French towns
Here 6.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Contes had 7,897 residents in 3,200 households at the 2023 census. In Contes, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Half of the town’s residents are over 46.4, older than in 66% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-Maritimes 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.
Contes grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 69% 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 +6% for the median Alpes-Maritimes town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 25% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Contes 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Alpes-Maritimes median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 4.5% in Contes, more than in 74% 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
The share of households without a car trails 67% of compared French towns: 7.9%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,620 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 €27,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
Contes ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
On the census count, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Contes sits below 59% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.4%)
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.
Locally, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, below 53% 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 (25%). On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Contes
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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 12th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.3 in Corte to 57.7 in Lège-Cap-Ferret.
Contes sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contes | 46.4 | 25% | 4.5% | 5.4% |
| L'Escarène 2,585 · 2.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Tourrette-Levens 4,624 · 2.9 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 6.9% |
| Drap 5,484 · 3.4 mi | 40.1 | 20% | 1.4% | 12% |
| La Trinité 10,602 · 4.6 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.8% | 11% |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche 5,896 · 4.9 mi | 41.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Levens 5,377 · 5.4 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 7.2% | 4.6% |
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 Contes
What is the population of Contes?
7,897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (7,187).
How old are Contes’ residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Contes?
160, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Contes?
INSEE counts 430 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Contes?
€27,620 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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