Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.5% in La Prénessaye, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; La Prénessaye has 4.4%. 4.9% of households are single parents, or about one in 20. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 390 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 885 residents.
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 La Prénessaye
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Prénessaye, 13% of its 510 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in La Prénessaye, 4.7%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Of all households, 8.7% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
La Prénessaye’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 57% 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 Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
A median age of 45.4: La Prénessaye is older than 59% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Prénessaye 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; La Prénessaye has 10%. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
La Prénessaye sits above 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (28%)
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in La Prénessaye comes in at 34%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,930 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.
The median standard of living in La Prénessaye is €23,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 37% in La Prénessaye. Elsewhere, 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).
La Prénessaye sits above 59% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (5.3%)
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 half of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Prénessaye ranks below 64% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Across La Prénessaye, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
La Prénessaye sits below 72% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 885 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than La Prénessaye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prénessaye | 45.4 | 23% | 13% | 6.5% |
| Plémet 3,764 · 2.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Loudéac 9,987 · 5.4 mi | 47 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Le Mené 6,556 · 8.6 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 10.7 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Plœuc-L'Hermitage 4,103 · 12.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Noyal-Pontivy 3,606 · 14.1 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
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 La Prénessaye
What is the population of La Prénessaye?
885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (859).
How old are La Prénessaye’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Prénessaye?
66, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Prénessaye?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Prénessaye?
€23,930 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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