1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 26%, above 98% of compared French towns. Here, 7% of households have no car. The median age in Laurenan is 49.1, higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 744 residents locally, living in 340 households.
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 Laurenan
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laurenan, 20% of its 500 homes: higher than in 93% 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 63 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 20% of its homes
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in eight here (13%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Laurenan: +3%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor. Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Laurenan: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 66% 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
■ Laurenan 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%), Laurenan is below 67% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Laurenan ranks above 57% of compared French towns on couples with children: 26%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €22,380 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,380 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% 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
On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 60% of compared French towns: 5.4% of residents are immigrants
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 60% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. About one in 20: that is how common foreign nationals are in Laurenan (5.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Laurenan sits below 67% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Compared with other places, married residents are common here: 44%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 744 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Laurenan is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurenan | 49.1 | 25% | 20% | 5.4% |
| Plémet 3,764 · 3.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 5.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Le Mené 6,556 · 5.7 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| Loudéac 9,987 · 10.9 mi | 47 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 12.2 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Mauron 3,163 · 13.6 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 5.6% | 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 Laurenan
What is the population of Laurenan?
744 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (725).
How old are Laurenan’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laurenan?
98, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laurenan?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laurenan?
€22,380 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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