Lugarde sits below 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (8.3%)
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Lugarde has 1.2%. The town had 117 residents in 60 households at the 2023 census. Here, 4.1% of residents are 15 to 24. More households headed by a retired person than in 97% of compared French towns: 50%.
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 Lugarde
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lugarde, 44% of its 160 homes: higher than in 97% 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
Lugarde had 159 residents at the 2012 census and 117 in 2023, down 26%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lugarde’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
44% of homes in Lugarde 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 without a car: 16%, above 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 19% in Lugarde.
A change of −26% since 2012 leaves Lugarde 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 −3% for the median Cantal town, the change came in two steps: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then −19% to 2023.
A median age of 54: Lugarde is older than 93% 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
■ Lugarde 54. The median compared French town: 44.
In Lugarde, 34% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 72 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 75% 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
Single-parent households make up 8.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Average household size: 1.9 people.
€27,260 a year: the median 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 residents live in households above €27,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Lugarde sits above 67% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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
Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Lugarde comes in at 0.8%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 61% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
Few places have as many single residents: 26% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Lugarde has 25%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (117 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
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 Lugarde
What is the population of Lugarde?
117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% fewer than in 2012 (159).
How old are Lugarde’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lugarde?
71, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lugarde?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lugarde?
€27,260 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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