A lower share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in 11 here (9.4%). The 2023 Census put Tourtrol’s population at 238, in 110 households. By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7%), Tourtrol is below 97% 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 Tourtrol
An older town
Half of Tourtrol’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Tourtrol has changed by +1%, slower than 66% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: +26% from 2012 to 2017, then −20% to 2023.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Tourtrol is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tourtrol 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of Tourtrol’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Ariège town and 22% in the median compared French town; 15% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 61% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. 23% of households are couples with children, or about one in four.
Tourtrol ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 9.3%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%. Few places have so few households without a car: 9.6% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €26,720 a year to live on
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 €26,720 a year: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
Here 37% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 83% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Tourtrol, 4.7%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
The share of married residents is 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Tourtrol is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourtrol | 50.7 | 24% | 9.3% | 4.7% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 4 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 7.7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 8.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 8.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 9.8 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Tourtrol
What is the population of Tourtrol?
238 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (236).
How old are Tourtrol’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tourtrol?
12, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tourtrol?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tourtrol?
€26,720 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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