Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Here 41% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.7% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put La Croix-Comtesse’s population at 223, in 110 households. 3% of homes are flats, or about one in 33.
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 La Croix-Comtesse
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Croix-Comtesse, 13% of its 130 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 13% in La Croix-Comtesse, more than in 90% 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
Here 8.2% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car: 9.5% of the total. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than La Croix-Comtesse: −2%
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 Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Half of La Croix-Comtesse is over 50.4, older than 84% 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
■ La Croix-Comtesse 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
La Croix-Comtesse ranks above 60% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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 average household has 2.1 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 65% of compared French towns: 9.1%. 36% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
€22,670 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,670 a year: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
La Croix-Comtesse sits below 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (4.5%)
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 La Croix-Comtesse, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 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).
Immigrants: 4.9%, a lower share than 64% 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.
4% of residents are foreign nationals. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in La Croix-Comtesse, less 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
The share of married residents tops 94% of compared French towns: 51%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 81% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, La Croix-Comtesse has 22%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 223 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest La Croix-Comtesse, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croix-Comtesse | 50.4 | 31% | 13% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 9.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 11.5 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 12.2 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 12.3 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Aiffres 5,419 · 15.3 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Magné 2,728 · 16.5 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
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 La Croix-Comtesse
What is the population of La Croix-Comtesse?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (228).
How old are La Croix-Comtesse’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Croix-Comtesse?
17, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Croix-Comtesse?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Croix-Comtesse?
€22,670 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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