Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Madranges is over 62.7
Households in social housing make up 2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 166 residents in Madranges, living in 100 households. Here, 4.9% of households are couples with children. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 48% here, more than in 96% of compared French towns.
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 Madranges
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Madranges, 47% of its 210 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Madranges’ residents are under 62.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Madranges had 198 residents at the 2012 census and 166 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Madranges’ households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households have no car here. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 42: 2.4% of homes are flats. 4.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns.
−16% since 2012: slower than 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Corrèze town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −14%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 47%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Madranges 62.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.5%, below 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
Madranges ranks above 92% of compared French towns on one-person households: 49%
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
In Madranges, 15% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.7 people on average. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Median living standard: €25,250 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.
At €25,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
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.
Immigrants: 15%, above 85% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Madranges, less than in 97% 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
The figure for married residents is 49% in Madranges and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 26%
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
For Madranges, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 166 to 2,582 people
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); Madranges the oldest (62.7).
Madranges 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 Madranges
What is the population of Madranges?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (198).
How old are Madranges’ residents?
The median age is 62.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Madranges?
96, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Madranges?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Madranges?
€25,250 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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