Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
Households in social housing make up 2.5%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. 3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 230 households in Coulgens at the 2023 Census, home to 558 residents. Locally, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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.
Since 2012, Coulgens has grown +11%, faster than 73% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
A median age of 38.9: Coulgens is younger than 85% 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
■ Coulgens 38.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Coulgens sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Coulgens comes in at 8.6%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, a third of households are couples with children.
A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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 just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 8.5% of homes stand empty, more than in 68% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,910 a year
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 €23,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Coulgens: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 69% 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 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 31% in Coulgens.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Coulgens, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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: 16% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (558 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Coulgens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulgens | 38.9 | 16% | 9.8% | 3.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 6.9 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 7.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 8 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 8.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 9.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
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 Coulgens
What is the population of Coulgens?
558 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (502).
How old are Coulgens’ residents?
The median age is 38.9, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulgens?
28, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulgens?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulgens?
€23,910 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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