A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Households headed by a retired person: 23%, below 89% of compared French towns. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census Longèves was home to 1,052 people in 440 households. 15% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in seven.
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 Longèves
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Longèves had 868 residents at the 2012 census and 1,052 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +21% change since 2012: faster than 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Younger than 73% of compared French towns: half of Longèves is under 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Longèves 41. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Longèves and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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 trails 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
In Longèves, 0.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Empty homes make up 3.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 51% of compared French towns: 2.1%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,150 a year in 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.
The median standard of living in Longèves is €27,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Longèves, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 61% 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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.7%, a lower share than 84% 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.
The share of immigrants trails just over three quarters of compared French towns: 3.7%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Longèves
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
Longèves has more married residents than 55% of compared French towns, at 44%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
With graduates of higher education at 32%, Longèves is ahead of 56% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,052 to 2,582 people, the 4th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Longèves
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longèves | 41 | 15% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 2.9 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 4.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Marans 4,476 · 5.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Xandre 5,677 · 5.5 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 5.9 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Puilboreau 6,765 · 6.8 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 4.9% | 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 Longèves
What is the population of Longèves?
1,052 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (868).
How old are Longèves’ residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Longèves?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Longèves?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Longèves?
€27,150 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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