In Coulon, 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Coulon, 6%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,299, in 1,060 households. 3.8% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Coulon
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coulon, 14% of its 1,380 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 72% 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 Coulon’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 14% 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
Some 7.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 21% who have been there 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 7% in Coulon. At 8.6%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Coulon changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 59% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Deux-Sèvres.
A median age of 51: Coulon is older than 86% 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
■ Coulon 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 65% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 6% are single parents with their children (10%).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,660 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 Coulon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 76% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents.
In Coulon, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 77% 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
Here 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For Coulon, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 9.5%. Typically, nearly a third 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).
In Coulon, 3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
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 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. 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 (2,299 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Coulon: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
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 Coulon
What is the population of Coulon?
2,299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,238).
How old are Coulon’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulon?
190, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulon?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulon?
€28,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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