A median age of 56.5: Maurines is older than 96% of compared French towns
By its share of couples with children (10%), Maurines is below 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 102, in 57 households. On the census count, 3.7% of homes are flats. Fewer empty homes than in 91% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
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 Maurines
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maurines, 46% of its 110 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Maurines’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Maurines’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maurines had 109 residents at the 2012 census and 102 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
46% of homes in Maurines 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.5% of households have no car.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 92% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Cantal.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% in Maurines, less than in 97% 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
■ Maurines 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Maurines. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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
Households here average 1.8 people each. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 30% in Maurines, less than in 64% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Maurines (10%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Maurines are immigrants
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% 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.
More married residents than 55% of compared French towns: 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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Maurines, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 102 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).
Maurines is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurines | 56.5 | 31% | 46% | 0% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 10.5 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 11.5 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
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 Maurines
What is the population of Maurines?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (109).
How old are Maurines’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maurines?
51, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maurines?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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