Half of Lancieux is over 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person is 49%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Lancieux had 1,611 residents in 800 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put single-parent households at 7% here.
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 Lancieux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lancieux, 59% of its 2,160 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 88% 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 Lancieux’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lancieux, 59% of homes are second homes, 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Lancieux has 3.9%. Households in social housing account for 5.3%. Fewer flats than in 86% of compared French towns: 10%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Lancieux outgrew 57% of compared French towns: +7%
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 +7% to 2023.
Lancieux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lancieux 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
20% of households are couples with children, below 76% of compared French towns
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 people on average. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. 38% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 61% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €31,190 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 midpoint of living standards here is €31,190 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. For comparison, 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).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Lancieux
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Lancieux, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Lancieux, 54%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Lancieux has 44%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,611 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Lancieux and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancieux | 56.4 | 36% | 59% | 2.1% |
| Beaussais-sur-Mer 4,498 · 2 mi | 47.5 | 29% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Lunaire 2,768 · 2.6 mi | 57.2 | 37% | 56% | 2.5% |
| Dinard 10,772 · 4.2 mi | 61.4 | 44% | 44% | 2.9% |
| Pleurtuit 7,167 · 4.3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 9.8% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 4.8 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| La Richardais 2,664 · 4.9 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 18% | 3% |
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 Lancieux
What is the population of Lancieux?
1,611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,512).
How old are Lancieux’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lancieux?
1,280, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lancieux?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lancieux?
€31,190 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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