Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households have no car
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 445 residents and 190 households in Courant. 15% more people than in 2012. Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents are 65 or over here.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Courant
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courant, 10% of its 230 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Courant, 10% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% of compared French towns
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
Faster growth than 82% of compared French towns: Courant changed by +15% since 2012
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
Over those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +7% to 2023.
Courant is younger than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courant 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Courant, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Courant: 34% of households are couples with children, above 91% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 5%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €23,260 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 residents live in households above €23,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Courant has 16%. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Courant, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 78% 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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Courant, 21%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 445 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).
No nearby town is as young as Courant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courant | 42.2 | 23% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 7.2 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 9.2 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 11.5 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 14.9 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 15.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 17.5 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
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 Courant
What is the population of Courant?
445 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (386).
How old are Courant’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courant?
23, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courant?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courant?
€23,260 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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