A median age of 54.2: Louin is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Louin had 674 residents in 330 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 16% of households are couples with children here. The share of flats is 1.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Louin
An older town
Half of Louin’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Louin had 738 residents at the 2012 census and 674 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Louin 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Louin, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Single-parent households make up 6.3% in Louin, less than in 94% 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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Louin. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
In Louin, 9.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 87% of compared French towns
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
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Louin has 6%. 31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.9% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
At the median, €23,280 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €23,280 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Louin sits above 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Louin has 12%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Louin, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 7.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Louin ranks below 66% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.8%
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.
On the census count, 4% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Louin, less than in 94% 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
The figure for married residents is 50% in Louin and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Louin
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
A quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Around Louin, 1 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louin | 54.2 | 30% | 9.3% | 4.8% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 2.6 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 9.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 10.8 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 13 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Bressuire 19,970 · 14.9 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Argentonnay 3,234 · 17.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 7.2% | 3.7% |
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 Louin
What is the population of Louin?
674 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (738).
How old are Louin’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louin?
38, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louin?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louin?
€23,280 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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