A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Gurunhuel, 4.3%. At 24%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 409 residents and 180 households locally. Couples with children account for 19%.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Gurunhuel
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gurunhuel, 10% of its 250 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 18% in Gurunhuel, more than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Gurunhuel comes in at 10%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Gurunhuel changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 81% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Côtes-d'Armor town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Older than 61% of compared French towns: half of Gurunhuel is over 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gurunhuel 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Gurunhuel sits above 88% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€23,260 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,260 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails four fifths of compared French towns: 26%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
The median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 2.9% in Gurunhuel.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Gurunhuel, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 80% 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
For Gurunhuel, the census puts single residents at 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Gurunhuel sits below 76% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Gurunhuel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurunhuel | 45.6 | 21% | 10% | 2.6% |
| Grâces 2,601 · 6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Guingamp 7,111 · 7 mi | 41 | 21% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 7.5 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Pabu 2,771 · 7.7 mi | 54 | 36% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 8.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 13.9 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
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 Gurunhuel
What is the population of Gurunhuel?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (421).
How old are Gurunhuel’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gurunhuel?
26, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gurunhuel?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gurunhuel?
€23,260 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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