Seignalens is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 18 households in Seignalens at the 2023 Census, home to 30 residents. The census found that 2.6% of homes are flats in the town. Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are headed by a manual worker locally.
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 Seignalens
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Seignalens, 42% of its 38 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Seignalens (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Seignalens’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 67% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Seignalens had 36 residents at the 2012 census and 30 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
42% of homes in Seignalens 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Seignalens, 11% of homes stand empty. The share of households without a car trails 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%.
A change of −17% since 2012 leaves Seignalens 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: −11% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Seignalens ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Seignalens 56. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over here. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 67% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.7 people. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 33% here, more than in 99% of compared French towns.
Seignalens sits above 55% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (33%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 23% in Seignalens, more than in 95% 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 95% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 96% 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 trails 91% of compared French towns: 34%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Seignalens (19%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 30 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 62.3 in Prayssac.
Seignalens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seignalens | 56 | 20% | 42% | 23% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 4.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Bram 3,233 · 12.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 12.9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 12.9 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 15.2 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 15.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 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 Seignalens
What is the population of Seignalens?
30 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (36).
How old are Seignalens’ residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Seignalens?
16, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Seignalens?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (20%). 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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