Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Couflens is over 60.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 7.7% of households are couples with children. At the 2023 Census Couflens was home to 100 people in 65 households. The share of empty homes is 1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Couflens
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Couflens, 76% of its 290 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 70% 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 Couflens’ residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
54% of Couflens’ households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Couflens had 80 residents at the 2012 census and 100 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
76% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
In Couflens, 27% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 10%.
Since 2012, Couflens has grown +25%, faster than 94% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +8%; 2017 to 2023, +16%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couflens 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 4.9% in Couflens. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couflens sits above 97% of compared French towns for one-person households (54%)
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.5 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns.
Couflens ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 54%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Couflens sits above 77% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (8.7%)
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants in Couflens. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. That is higher than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 55% in Couflens, more than in 99% 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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Couflens and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Couflens, 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
In Couflens, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Couflens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couflens | 60.5 | 40% | 76% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 15.3 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
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 Couflens
What is the population of Couflens?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (80).
How old are Couflens’ residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.8% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couflens?
220, with occasional dwellings: 76% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couflens?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (8.7%). 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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