A median age of 53.3: Lugny-Champagne is older than 91% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lugny-Champagne counted 142 residents and 74 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 1.7% of the total. Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person here.
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 Lugny-Champagne
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lugny-Champagne, 27% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Lugny-Champagne’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lugny-Champagne had 153 residents at the 2012 census and 142 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
27% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
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
With empty homes at 10%, Lugny-Champagne is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 4.1% of households have no car, or about one in 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Lugny-Champagne changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 93% 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, −4% in Cher.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lugny-Champagne 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Lugny-Champagne comes in at 28%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Lugny-Champagne ranks below 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 14%
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€29,870 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €29,870 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: farmers (36%)
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. On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.6% of Lugny-Champagne’s residents
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.
About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Lugny-Champagne (5.6%). That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. At 4.2%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 62% 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 24%, Lugny-Champagne is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Lugny-Champagne, less than in 82% 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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 142 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lugny-Champagne is younger than 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugny-Champagne | 53.3 | 28% | 27% | 5.6% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 9.4 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Avord 2,909 · 13.1 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 16.1 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 16.3 mi | 45 | 23% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 16.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 16.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
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 Lugny-Champagne
What is the population of Lugny-Champagne?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (153).
How old are Lugny-Champagne’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lugny-Champagne?
32, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lugny-Champagne?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lugny-Champagne?
€29,870 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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