Half of Cucugnan is over 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Cucugnan is home to 125 residents in 73 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 14% of the total. The share of flats trails 85% of compared French towns: 11%.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Cucugnan
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cucugnan, 27% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
57% of Cucugnan’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 60% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Cucugnan’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 49 homes empty (30%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households have no car here. Second homes: 27% of the total. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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
Here the change came as −8% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 71% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cucugnan 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Cucugnan and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.7 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,120 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,120 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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 manager or professional make up 7.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a third 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).
Cucugnan: 9.6% of residents are immigrants, above 69% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put foreign nationals at 7.2% in Cucugnan.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 38%, a lower share than 82% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Cucugnan ranks below 96% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 9.6%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cucugnan. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 125 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Cucugnan is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucugnan | 55.5 | 24% | 27% | 9.6% |
| Millas 4,417 · 12 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 12.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 12.6 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 12.8 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 13.7 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 2,950 · 13.9 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 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 Cucugnan
What is the population of Cucugnan?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (133).
How old are Cucugnan’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cucugnan?
44, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cucugnan?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (7.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cucugnan?
€24,120 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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