Clugnat sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (25%)
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Clugnat comes in at 5.6%. There were 300 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 652 residents. The census found that 1.4% of homes are flats locally. 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Clugnat
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Clugnat, 23% of its 580 homes: higher than in 94% 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
Clugnat had 710 residents at the 2012 census and 652 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Clugnat’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Households without a car: 6.4%, below 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. 9.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more.
Clugnat’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 95% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Creuse town −5%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Clugnat is over 52.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clugnat 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Clugnat, 30%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 81% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 40%, Clugnat is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put single-parent households at 8.3% in the town. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€23,650 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,650 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 42% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.7% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 12%. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Clugnat: 5.4% of residents are foreign nationals, above 59% of compared French towns
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.
Locally, 6.1% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 27% of residents 15 and over are single
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
For Clugnat, the census puts married residents at 43%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Clugnat
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 22% in Clugnat and 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 652 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Clugnat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clugnat | 52.9 | 30% | 23% | 6.1% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 14.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 14.8 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Clugnat
What is the population of Clugnat?
652 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (710).
How old are Clugnat’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clugnat?
130, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clugnat?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clugnat?
€23,650 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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