Val de Lambronne is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.6
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Val de Lambronne counted 180 residents and 90 households at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 16 here (6.4%). The figure for households in social housing is 1.1% in Val de Lambronne and 12% in the typical compared French town.
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 Val de Lambronne
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Val de Lambronne, 18% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Val de Lambronne had 209 residents at the 2012 census and 180 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Val de Lambronne’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Val de Lambronne. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Val de Lambronne, 7.4% of households have no car.
Val de Lambronne changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Over those years, the median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then −3% to 2023.
Val de Lambronne: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 73% 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
■ Val de Lambronne 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.5% in Val de Lambronne. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A higher share of one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Each household has 2 people on average. Val de Lambronne has fewer couples with children than just over half of compared French towns, at 25%. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €20,070 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of Val de Lambronne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,070 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 55%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Val de Lambronne. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Val de Lambronne, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
By its share of single residents (22%), Val de Lambronne is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 16%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Val de Lambronne, 27%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 180 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Val de Lambronne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val de Lambronne | 55.6 | 26% | 18% | 8.4% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 5.6 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 11.9 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 12 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Bram 3,233 · 13.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 16.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 16.8 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 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 Val de Lambronne
What is the population of Val de Lambronne?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (209).
How old are Val de Lambronne’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val de Lambronne?
24, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val de Lambronne?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val de Lambronne?
€20,070 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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