In Les Pujols, 3.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 4.8%, Les Pujols is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 25. One-person households are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns. This Ariège town counted 873 residents and 380 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Les Pujols
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Les Pujols had 740 residents at the 2012 census and 873 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Pujols’s population changed by +18% since 2012, more than in 87% 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 +9%, then +8% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Pujols 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Les Pujols’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Les Pujols sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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, one in ten households are single parents; in Les Pujols, 11%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of empty homes than 66% of compared French towns, at 5.6%
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
10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes: 2.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,630 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Les Pujols
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: 11%, below 72% of compared French towns. Against that, 32% 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).
Below 78% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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 figure for immigrants is 5.3% in Les Pujols and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Les Pujols, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 69% 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
Married residents account for 42%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Les Pujols, less than in 70% 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
For Les Pujols, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 873 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); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Les Pujols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Pujols | 41.7 | 19% | 2.2% | 5.3% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 3.4 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 4.8 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 5.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 5.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 7.7 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Foix 9,934 · 10.6 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 Les Pujols
What is the population of Les Pujols?
873 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (740).
How old are Les Pujols’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Pujols?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Pujols?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Pujols?
€25,630 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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