A median age of 61.3: Pech-Luna is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Pech-Luna has 50%. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 12% of households are couples with children. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 76, in 41 households. About one in 71: that is how common flats are in Pech-Luna (1.4%).
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 Pech-Luna
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pech-Luna, 34% of its 70 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Pech-Luna’s residents are under 61.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pech-Luna had 100 residents at the 2012 census and 76 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Pech-Luna (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 34%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Pech-Luna sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Pech-Luna changed by −24% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
The change was −25% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%.
Pech-Luna sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (39%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pech-Luna 61.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pech-Luna comes in at 7.9%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns, at 12%
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. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
21% of residents are immigrants, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (16%), Pech-Luna is above 93% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
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 single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 46%
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 make up 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Pech-Luna
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pech-Luna | 61.3 | 39% | 34% | 21% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 8.4 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 8.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 12.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 13.2 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 13.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
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 Pech-Luna
What is the population of Pech-Luna?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (100).
How old are Pech-Luna’s residents?
The median age is 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pech-Luna?
24, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pech-Luna?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (16%). 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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