Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Les Gours is over 60.8
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 30%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Les Gours was home to 91 people in 46 households. 17% of homes stand empty, or about one in six. On flats, Les Gours sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Les Gours
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Gours, 12% of its 65 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 88% 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
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 5.4% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Les Gours’ residents are under 60.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Gours had 125 residents at the 2012 census and 91 in 2023, down 27%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
55% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.3% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of households without a car (8.5%), Les Gours is below 63% of compared French towns.
−27% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Charente. Here the change came as −14% to 2017, then −16% to 2023.
2.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Les Gours 60.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Les Gours, 39% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 30%, Les Gours is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. The average household has 2 people.
A median of €24,270 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.
Living standards centre on €24,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 64% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
Foreign nationals: 6.5%, a higher share than 66% 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 median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 13 here (7.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
65% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
With single residents at 19%, Les Gours is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Les Gours
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 37% of adults out of school have no qualification in Les Gours. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 old as Les Gours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Les Gours
What is the population of Les Gours?
91 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% fewer than in 2012 (125).
How old are Les Gours’ residents?
The median age is 60.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 6.5% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Gours?
8, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Gours?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Gours?
€24,270 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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