1% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Empty homes make up 0.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Lapan’s population at 229, in 97 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.7% locally. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Lapan
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lapan, 12% of its 110 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Lapan had 190 residents at the 2012 census and 229 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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: 12%, above 89% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Lapan outgrew 91% of compared French towns: +21%
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 Cher town −4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, +11%.
Lapan is younger than 82% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lapan 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 32% in Lapan, more than in 82% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,780 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 €23,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In Lapan, 26% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lapan, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Lapan, 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
For Lapan, the census puts married residents at 44%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 229 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Lapan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapan | 39.5 | 17% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 5.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 8 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 9.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 11.9 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 12.7 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 13 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 Lapan
What is the population of Lapan?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (190).
How old are Lapan’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lapan?
13, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lapan?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lapan?
€23,780 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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