Nanclars sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.7%)
In Nanclars, 11% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 36%. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.5% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 211, in 110 households.
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 Nanclars
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nanclars, 13% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Nanclars’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 13% of its homes
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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.4% (under two years). For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A median age of 52.2: Nanclars is older than 89% 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
■ Nanclars 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Nanclars.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Census figures put one-person households at 36% in Nanclars. The typical household size is 2 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,690 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.
Living standards centre on €27,690 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 52% 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
The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Nanclars. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
7.1% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 70% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
13% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married in Nanclars. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Nanclars, 41%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (211 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nanclars is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanclars | 52.2 | 25% | 13% | 7.6% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 7.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 8.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 9.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 10.6 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 11 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 11.3 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 Nanclars
What is the population of Nanclars?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (194).
How old are Nanclars’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nanclars?
19, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nanclars?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nanclars?
€27,690 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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