Plouguenast-Langast sits below 96% of compared French towns for flats (4.9%)
In Plouguenast-Langast, a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 49.5, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,380 people lived in the town, in 1,100 households. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.4% 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 Plouguenast-Langast
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plouguenast-Langast, 12% of its 1,410 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plouguenast-Langast had 2,527 residents at the 2012 census and 2,380 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are second 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
Of all households, 7.8% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Higher than in 82% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Plouguenast-Langast has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% 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
■ Plouguenast-Langast 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6%, below 71% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
5.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Nothing unusual on one-person households: 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,340 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,340 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 12.0% of residents.
Only 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Plouguenast-Langast
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
With households headed by a retired person at 40%, Plouguenast-Langast is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 9.4% of 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).
Plouguenast-Langast sits above 65% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6.3%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, 7.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in Plouguenast-Langast, more than in 95% 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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Plouguenast-Langast, 22%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Plouguenast-Langast
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Plouguenast-Langast. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,380 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Plouguenast-Langast
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Plouguenast-Langast
What is the population of Plouguenast-Langast?
2,380 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,527).
How old are Plouguenast-Langast’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plouguenast-Langast?
160, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plouguenast-Langast?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plouguenast-Langast?
€25,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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