Mijanès is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 68
0.6% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 14% of households are couples with children. Mijanès had 56 residents in 39 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 5.7% of households have no car in the 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 Mijanès
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mijanès, 76% of its 160 homes: higher than in 99% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Mijanès’ residents are under 68 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 54% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mijanès had 80 residents at the 2012 census and 56 in 2023, down 30%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
57% of Mijanès’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 59% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
76% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Mijanès, 0.6% of homes are flats.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Mijanès: −30%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ariège town +2%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 54%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mijanès 68. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 4% in Mijanès. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 57% of households are one person living alone
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Mijanès has 14%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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 14%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
Compared with other places, foreign nationals are scarce here: 4%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
28% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer 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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Mijanès sits below 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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 other places, adults with no qualification are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 56 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 68 in Mijanès.
No nearby town is as old as Mijanès
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 Mijanès
What is the population of Mijanès?
56 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% fewer than in 2012 (80).
How old are Mijanès’ residents?
The median age is 68, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 54% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mijanès?
120, with occasional dwellings: 76% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mijanès?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (4%). 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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