Cros-de-Montvert is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.4
The share of households in social housing trails 99% of compared French towns: 1%. Cros-de-Montvert counted 197 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census. Across Cros-de-Montvert, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. At 19%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Cros-de-Montvert
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cros-de-Montvert, 34% of its 200 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Cros-de-Montvert’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cros-de-Montvert had 208 residents at the 2012 census and 197 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of homes are flats in Cros-de-Montvert. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. For Cros-de-Montvert, the census puts empty homes at 15%.
Cros-de-Montvert’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 89% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then +2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Cantal town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%, a lower share than 95% 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
■ Cros-de-Montvert 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Cros-de-Montvert has 29%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 42% in Cros-de-Montvert. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average.
The median resident lives on €23,500 a year per consumption unit
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 Cros-de-Montvert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,500 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Cros-de-Montvert, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Cros-de-Montvert. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 76% of compared French towns: 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
The figure for married residents is 45% in Cros-de-Montvert and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Here 28% 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.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 197 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 Prayssac (62.3).
Cros-de-Montvert is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cros-de-Montvert | 54.4 | 29% | 34% | 1% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 10.6 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 14.5 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 14.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 17.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
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 Cros-de-Montvert
What is the population of Cros-de-Montvert?
197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (208).
How old are Cros-de-Montvert’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cros-de-Montvert?
67, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cros-de-Montvert?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cros-de-Montvert?
€23,500 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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