52.2median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 26%

In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Lacanche, 48%. By contrast, residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. The town had 476 residents in 230 households at the 2023 census. Across Lacanche, 4.3% of households are single parents.

−20%residents since 2012 31%aged 65 or older 3.9%immigrants 230households

Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Lacanche

−20%residents since 2012 (France median +5%)26%of homes are empty (France median 6.7%)52.2median age, older than 89% of compared French towns

Fewer residents than in 2012

Lacanche had 594 residents at the 2012 census and 476 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓

Empty homes

The census found 86 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓

An older town

Half of Lacanche’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

A change of −20% since 2012 leaves Lacanche 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.

Census 2012

594

residents

Census 2017

561

residents

Census 2023

476

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Lacanche−20%

Côte-d'Or median−2%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Lacanche−15%

Côte-d'Or median−1%

France median+2%

The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −15% from 2017 to 2023.

Ages

Half of Lacanche is over 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Under 1514%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4417%

45 to 6429%

65 and over31%

of whom 80 and over9.4%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Lacanche 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.

With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Lacanche is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count.

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

Lacanche

Côte-d'Or median

France median

WomenMen

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.

Households

Above 63% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone

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.

One person 38%Couple, no children 34%Couple with children 23%Single parent 4.3%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Côte-d'Or median and the France median

Lacanche

Côte-d'Or median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

One-person households38%

Residents 65+ living alone30%

0%25%50%

There are 2 people in the average household. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 23% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

In Lacanche, 16% of homes are flats, fewer than in 75% 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

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Main residences72%

Second homes2.2%

Empty26%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Lacanche

Côte-d'Or median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

No car14%

One car44%

Two or more42%

0%30%60%

In the last two years, 7.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 39% have stayed 30 years or more. 14% of households have no car, more than in 63% of compared French towns. Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Lacanche.

Income

Standard of living at the median: €23,540 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.

Median standard of living

€23,540

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Côte-d'Or €25,550 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Half of Lacanche’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

In Lacanche, 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Retired48%

Managers and professionals3.9%

Intermediate occupations0%

Clerical and service workers6.4%

Manual workers33%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners8.6%

Farmers0%

Others not working0%

0%30%60%

Unemployment rate

14.2%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

190

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Immigrants make up 3.9% in Lacanche, less than in 74% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

3.9% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

3.1% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Immigrants3.9%

Foreign nationals3.1%

0%5%10%

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.

The share of foreign nationals is 3.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.

Couples

A smaller share of single residents than 73% of compared French towns: 23%

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

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

Married44%

In a civil partnership (PACS)5.3%

Living together, unmarried12%

Single23%

Divorced4.5%

Widowed11%

0%25%50%

The share of married residents tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 44%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.

Qualifications

A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 8.9%

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

LacancheCôte-d'Or medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)37%

Brevet4%

CAP or BEP (vocational)38%

Baccalauréat12%

Bac+25.2%

Bac+3 or bac+42.2%

Bac+5 or more1.5%

0%25%50%

The share of adults with no qualification is 37%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 476 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.

Lacanche 52.2

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.

Neighbors

Every neighbor is younger than Lacanche

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

BeauneAutunChagnyLacanche

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Lacanche	52.2	31%	2.2%	3.9%
Beaune 20,352 · 13.8 mi	47.6	26%	5%	8.1%
Autun 13,172 · 14.6 mi	51.7	31%	3.4%	13%
Chagny 5,350 · 14.9 mi	48	25%	1.6%	5.8%

More about Lacanche

Health, work, housing and schools

HealthDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commuteJobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of livingHome prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Lacanche

What is the population of Lacanche?

476 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (594).

How old are Lacanche’s residents?

The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Lacanche?

7, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Lacanche?

INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Lacanche?

€23,540 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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