Half of Le Falgoux is over 66.9, older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 5.3% in Le Falgoux and 30% in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a retired person than in 94% of compared French towns: 46%. There were 65 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 113 residents. Across Le Falgoux, 7.7% of households are couples with children.
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 Le Falgoux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Falgoux, 67% of its 240 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Le Falgoux’s residents are under 66.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 58% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Falgoux had 135 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 67% of its 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. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Census figures put households without a car at 16% in Le Falgoux. Without a car: one household in six, against 11% in the median compared French town.
−16% since 2012, a pace below 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cantal town −3%. The first five years brought −11%; the six to 2023, −6%.
In Le Falgoux, 58% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Le Falgoux 66.9. 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 Le Falgoux comes in at 1.8%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
In Le Falgoux, 46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 87% 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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Le Falgoux. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.7 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,630 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (46%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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 2.7% in Le Falgoux. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Le Falgoux. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
30% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 92% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 21%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 113 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Le Falgoux the oldest (66.9).
Le Falgoux and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Falgoux | 66.9 | 58% | 67% | 2.7% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 15 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
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 Le Falgoux
What is the population of Le Falgoux?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (135).
How old are Le Falgoux’s residents?
The median age is 66.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.4% are under 18 and 58% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Falgoux?
160, with occasional dwellings: 67% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Falgoux?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Falgoux?
€21,630 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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