Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Missègre is over 63.7
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 78% in Missègre and 32% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.3% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. This Aude town counted 72 residents and 40 households at the 2023 Census. About one in nine: that is how common couples with children are in Missègre (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 Missègre
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Missègre, 43% of its 71 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Missègre’s residents are under 63.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
43% of homes in Missègre are second homes
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Missègre has 1.5%. 2.5% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 14% of the total.
+7% since 2012, a pace 61% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 45%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Missègre 63.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Missègre sits above 82% of compared French towns for one-person households (44%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
The largest group of households: retired (78%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Missègre, 10% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 82% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Missègre comes in at 10%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns: 33%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Missègre has 24%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Missègre has 23%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 72 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Missègre (63.7).
Every neighbor is younger than Missègre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missègre | 63.7 | 45% | 43% | 10% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 8.6 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 11.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Quillan 2,978 · 13 mi | 59.1 | 38% | 19% | 14% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 14.6 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 14.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 17 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Missègre
What is the population of Missègre?
72 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (67).
How old are Missègre’s residents?
The median age is 63.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Missègre?
31, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Missègre?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (10%). 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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