Half of L'Aiguillon is over 60.9, older than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are couples with children here. In 2023, the Census found 372 residents in L'Aiguillon, living in 200 households. Across L'Aiguillon, 63% of households are headed by a retired person. At 5.9%, the share of flats is lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 L'Aiguillon
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in L'Aiguillon, 10% of its 280 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 89% 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 L'Aiguillon’s residents are under 60.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
L'Aiguillon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.5%
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
Some 3.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 36% who have been there 30 years or more. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For L'Aiguillon, the census puts empty homes at 18%. At 10%, the share of second homes is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: L'Aiguillon changed by −3% since 2012
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 Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six −13%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 41% 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
■ L'Aiguillon 60.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 6.1%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In L'Aiguillon, 5.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in L'Aiguillon, 41%. Households average 1.9 people. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Standard of living at the median: €22,790 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.
Living standards centre on €22,790 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 63% of compared French towns: 8.4% of residents are immigrants
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 29.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
L'Aiguillon ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
L'Aiguillon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
With adults with no qualification at 32%, L'Aiguillon is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than L'Aiguillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 L'Aiguillon
What is the population of L'Aiguillon?
372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (385).
How old are L'Aiguillon’s residents?
The median age is 60.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Aiguillon?
28, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Aiguillon?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Aiguillon?
€22,790 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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