A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 26%
Here 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On households in social housing, Lanvellec sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 1.5%. This Côtes-d'Armor town counted 608 residents and 310 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.2%.
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 Lanvellec
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lanvellec, 26% of its 470 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 3%
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
8.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 11% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six +2%.
Half of Lanvellec is over 50, older than 83% 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
■ Lanvellec 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Lanvellec.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
3.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
The typical household size is 2 people. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Across Lanvellec, a fifth of households are couples with children. Few places have as many one-person households: 40% here, more than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,170 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Lanvellec’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,170 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Lanvellec has 7.5%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.9% of residents are immigrants in Lanvellec
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.
Across Lanvellec, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Fewer single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Lanvellec, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 77% of compared French towns
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 just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lanvellec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanvellec | 50 | 29% | 26% | 4.9% |
| Plestin-les-Grèves 3,639 · 5.3 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 29% | 2.4% |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 7.3 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 6.8% | 2.6% |
| Plouigneau 5,014 · 8.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.2% |
| Lannion 20,315 · 9.3 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Bégard 4,889 · 10.8 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Plougonven 3,382 · 11 mi | 49 | 28% | 7.1% | 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 Lanvellec
What is the population of Lanvellec?
608 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (564).
How old are Lanvellec’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanvellec?
120, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanvellec?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lanvellec?
€24,170 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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