Couffy-sur-Sarsonne is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58
71% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are couples with children. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couffy-sur-Sarsonne had 72 residents in 38 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Couffy-sur-Sarsonne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Couffy-sur-Sarsonne, 32% of its 58 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 Couffy-sur-Sarsonne’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Couffy-sur-Sarsonne ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 32%
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
By its share of empty homes (3.5%), Couffy-sur-Sarsonne is below 92% of compared French towns. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. The census found that 7.7% of households have no car in the town.
Slower growth than 85% of compared French towns: Couffy-sur-Sarsonne changed by −4% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couffy-sur-Sarsonne 58. The median compared French town: 44.
8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
The largest group of households: retired (71%)
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. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Couffy-sur-Sarsonne (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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.
Here 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 63% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Single residents: 24%, below 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Couffy-sur-Sarsonne sits above 83% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (27%)
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 72 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Couffy-sur-Sarsonne and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couffy-sur-Sarsonne | 58 | 39% | 32% | 4.1% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 8.8 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Couffy-sur-Sarsonne
What is the population of Couffy-sur-Sarsonne?
72 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (75).
How old are Couffy-sur-Sarsonne’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couffy-sur-Sarsonne?
18, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couffy-sur-Sarsonne?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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