A median age of 62.4: Matignon is older than 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 12% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns. 1,771 residents in 950 households: that is Matignon at the 2023 Census. Across Matignon, 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Matignon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Matignon, 21% of its 1,300 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Matignon’s residents are under 62.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Flats: 16%, below 75% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Matignon, 5.3% of homes stand empty. Fewer households without a car than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 8.8%.
Faster growth than 61% of compared French towns: Matignon changed by +7% since 2012
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 first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Matignon: 45% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Matignon 62.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.2% of households are single parents
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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Matignon. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households here average 1.8 people each.
A typical living standard of €26,070 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.
Half of Matignon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,070 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Matignon ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 56%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Matignon comes in at 6.2%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Matignon ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Matignon is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Matignon, 23%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 1,771 to 2,582 people
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 62.4 in Matignon.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Matignon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matignon | 62.4 | 45% | 21% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 2.1 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 5.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 6 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Beaussais-sur-Mer 4,498 · 6.7 mi | 47.5 | 29% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Erquy 3,974 · 8 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 57% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Lunaire 2,768 · 8.7 mi | 57.2 | 37% | 56% | 2.5% |
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 Matignon
What is the population of Matignon?
1,771 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,650).
How old are Matignon’s residents?
The median age is 62.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Matignon?
280, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Matignon?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Matignon?
€26,070 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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