Longré is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.1
In Longré, 14% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Longré was home to 193 people in 91 households. Locally, 4.4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Longré
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Longré, 21% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Longré’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Longré had 210 residents at the 2012 census and 193 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Longré (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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
Second homes: 21%, above 93% of compared French towns. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 32%.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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
The change was −11% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%.
37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Longré 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Longré is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
5.6% of households are single parents, below 98% 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
The share of one-person households is 28%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children account for 22%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €21,570 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 Longré’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker in Longré. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Locally, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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.
15% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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 is 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Longré
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: 28% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Longré are older
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 Longré
What is the population of Longré?
193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (210).
How old are Longré’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Longré?
30, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Longré?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Longré?
€21,570 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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