Half of Léran is over 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 43% of households are headed by a retired person here. At the 2023 Census Léran was home to 615 people in 310 households. About one in 38: that is how common households in social housing are in Léran (2.6%). Few places have so few flats: 11% here, fewer than in 85% 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 Léran
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Léran, 26% of its 480 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Léran’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
26% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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 empty homes tops 69% of compared French towns: 8.5%. Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Just over one in ten households have no car, a higher share than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 84% of compared French towns grew faster than Léran: −4%
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 −8% and the next six +4%.
Léran sits above 82% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Léran 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children
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
There are 2 people in the average household. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 42% here, more than in 77% of compared French towns. Add to that, in Léran, 11% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,640 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 €22,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Léran ranks below 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.7%
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 households headed by a manager or professional, Léran sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 9.7%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 6.6% in Léran, more than in 68% of compared French towns
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Here, 8.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Léran sits below 74% of compared French towns for married residents (39%)
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: a quarter of the total. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 72% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 615 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Léran
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 Léran
What is the population of Léran?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (640).
How old are Léran’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Léran?
120, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Léran?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Léran?
€22,640 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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