Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Laveyrune is over 62.5
Households in social housing make up 5.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children stands at 17%. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. There were 58 households in Laveyrune at the 2023 Census, home to 111 residents.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Laveyrune
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laveyrune, 46% of its 170 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 77% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Laveyrune’s residents are under 62.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Laveyrune had 120 residents at the 2012 census and 111 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Laveyrune: 46% of homes are second homes, above 97% 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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 20%. Flats make up 30%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Laveyrune: −8%
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
The median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −11% and the next six +4%.
Laveyrune: 43% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Laveyrune 62.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Laveyrune, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Laveyrune sits above 55% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (33%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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. Against that, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 60%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Laveyrune. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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 adults with no qualification (21%), Laveyrune is above three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people
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); Laveyrune the oldest (62.5).
Laveyrune and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laveyrune | 62.5 | 43% | 46% | 1.8% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 7.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Laveyrune
What is the population of Laveyrune?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (120).
How old are Laveyrune’s residents?
The median age is 62.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.1% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laveyrune?
78, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laveyrune?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% 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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