In Montagnol, 55% of homes are second homes, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Montagnol is home to 149 residents in 73 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Montagnol, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Here 3.3% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Montagnol
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montagnol, 55% of its 180 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 1.4%, a lower share than 98% 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
Without a car: one household in six, against 11% in the median compared French town. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. The census found that 4.5% of homes stand empty in Montagnol. At 16%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Montagnol ahead of 60% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +12%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aveyron town +1%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montagnol 50. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50, Montagnol is older than 83% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Montagnol: 47% of households are one person living alone, above 88% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are single parents. What’s more, in Montagnol, a fifth of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €16,610 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.
Half of residents live in households above €16,610 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Montagnol ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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 6.7% in Montagnol. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Montagnol, 3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in Montagnol. The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths 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.
Montagnol ranks above 74% of compared French towns on single residents: 29%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Montagnol has 45%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Here 31% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 149 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
Of the 3 towns nearest Montagnol, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagnol | 50 | 32% | 55% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 12 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 15.5 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 15.6 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
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 Montagnol
What is the population of Montagnol?
149 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (139).
How old are Montagnol’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montagnol?
99, with occasional dwellings: 55% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montagnol?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montagnol?
€16,610 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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