A median age of 66.8: Tournemire is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Tournemire has 50%. At the 2023 Census Tournemire was home to 116 people in 67 households. Census figures put single-parent households at 14% in the town. Few places have so few flats: 7.2% here, fewer than in 92% 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 Tournemire
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tournemire, 31% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% 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 Tournemire’s residents are under 66.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 58% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tournemire had 132 residents at the 2012 census and 116 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 31% of homes 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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Tournemire, 13%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Tournemire has changed by −12%, slower than 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tournemire 66.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 14% of households are couples with children in Tournemire
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
The share of one-person households is 43%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.7 people share a household.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.1% in Tournemire. Against that, 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).
Tournemire sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.9%)
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.
The median compared commune in Cantal has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Tournemire has 0.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Tournemire, 14% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
55% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Tournemire sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (21%), Tournemire is above 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 116 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Tournemire (66.8), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Tournemire
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournemire | 66.8 | 58% | 31% | 0.9% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 9.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 10.9 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 11.3 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 13.7 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 Tournemire
What is the population of Tournemire?
116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (132).
How old are Tournemire’s residents?
The median age is 66.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.6% are under 18 and 58% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tournemire?
38, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tournemire?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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