Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Darnets is over 54.6
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Darnets has 12%. Census day 2023: 303 residents and 160 households here. Flats make up about one in 26 here (3.9%). Fewer households in social housing than in 96% of compared French towns: 2.2%.
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 Darnets
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Darnets, 22% of its 240 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Darnets had 355 residents at the 2012 census and 303 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Darnets’ residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 22%, a higher share than 94% 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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Higher than in 82% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Darnets, 6.5% of households have no car.
Darnets changed by −15% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −16%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Corrèze town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Darnets 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 72% of compared French towns: 26%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households are single parents
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. At 40%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€25,520 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 €25,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 15% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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: 0.8%, a lower share than 96% 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.
By its share of immigrants (2.5%), Darnets is below 87% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 83% 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Darnets. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
15% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (303 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 3 towns nearest Darnets, 1 are older
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 Darnets
What is the population of Darnets?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (355).
How old are Darnets’ residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Darnets?
52, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Darnets?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Darnets?
€25,520 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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