Garanou is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.6
0.8% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%. Garanou is home to 143 residents in 72 households, by the 2023 Census. Single-parent households make up about one in 14 here (7.1%).
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 Garanou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Garanou, 41% of its 120 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
Garanou had 170 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Garanou’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Garanou ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 41%
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
With households without a car at 8.7%, Garanou is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.2% moved in during the last two years and 39% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Garanou’s population moved −16% on 2012, less than in 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 Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then −10% to 2023.
In Garanou, 5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Garanou 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns, at 43%
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 quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Garanou. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Half above, half below €25,980 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,980 a year: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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 retired person: 36%, above 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
The share of immigrants is 3.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Typically, 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.
Garanou ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 14%
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
Two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Garanou ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
Locally, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 143 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Garanou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garanou | 56.6 | 36% | 41% | 3.6% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 9.3 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 12.4 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 15.3 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
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 Garanou
What is the population of Garanou?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (170).
How old are Garanou’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Garanou?
52, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Garanou?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Garanou?
€25,980 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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