Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Cornil is over 55.8
The share of households in social housing is 4.9%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. 6.4% of households are single parents, or about one in 16. Cornil has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns, at 9.6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,261, in 470 households.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Cornil
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cornil, 10% of its 600 homes: higher than in 88% 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 Cornil’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cornil had 1,401 residents at the 2012 census and 1,261 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes are second homes, a share 88% 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
With households without a car at 7.8%, Cornil is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. Empty homes: 11% of the total. Few places have so few flats: 13% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Cornil changed by −10% since 2012
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 those years, the median Corrèze town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −6% to 2023.
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cornil 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 62% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. On the census count, 33% of households are one person living alone.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,990 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.
The median standard of living in Cornil is €24,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Cornil: 47% of households are headed by a retired person, above 94% 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
6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% 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 make up 2% in Cornil, less than in 80% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5% of residents are immigrants in Cornil. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cornil sits above 74% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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
On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Graduates of higher education: 21%, below 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,261 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Cornil is older than every town around it
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 Cornil
What is the population of Cornil?
1,261 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,401).
How old are Cornil’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cornil?
62, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cornil?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cornil?
€24,990 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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