A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
One-person households: 43%, above four fifths of compared French towns. There were 150 households in Issoudun-Létrieix at the 2023 Census, home to 291 residents. Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.3% of the total. On residents aged 15 to 24, Issoudun-Létrieix sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 9.6%.
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 Issoudun-Létrieix
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Issoudun-Létrieix, 20% of its 230 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 40 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Issoudun-Létrieix’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes account for 17%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 80% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%.
Half of Issoudun-Létrieix is over 50.8, older than 85% 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
■ Issoudun-Létrieix 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Issoudun-Létrieix has 20%. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
Median standard of living: €23,670 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.
The median standard of living in Issoudun-Létrieix is €23,670 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Issoudun-Létrieix has 17%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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 Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Issoudun-Létrieix (5.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 81% 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
Married residents: 42% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Issoudun-Létrieix
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 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 291 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Issoudun-Létrieix, 2 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issoudun-Létrieix | 50.8 | 30% | 20% | 5.8% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 7.5 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 13.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 15.8 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 Issoudun-Létrieix
What is the population of Issoudun-Létrieix?
291 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Issoudun-Létrieix’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Issoudun-Létrieix?
47, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Issoudun-Létrieix?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Issoudun-Létrieix?
€23,670 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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