A median age of 56.5: Chourgnac is older than 96% of compared French towns
The figure for empty homes is 4.5% in Chourgnac and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 29%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 69, in 31 households.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Chourgnac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chourgnac, 25% of its 44 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 ↓
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 7.2% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Chourgnac’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Chourgnac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 5.4% for the median compared commune in Dordogne. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Chourgnac sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (25%)
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
Here 6.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−5% since 2012: slower than 89% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −18%, then +15% to 2023. Over those years, the median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% 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
■ Chourgnac 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Chourgnac is above 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Chourgnac, 43% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Chourgnac has more one-person households than 79% of compared French towns, at 43%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 53% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 20%, a higher share than 93% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 16%, 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.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 30% 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
The census found that 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Chourgnac. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Chourgnac: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 53% of compared French towns
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 69 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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).
Chourgnac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chourgnac | 56.5 | 38% | 25% | 20% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 10.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 12.8 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 13.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 14.3 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 14.4 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 15.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
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 Chourgnac
What is the population of Chourgnac?
69 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (73).
How old are Chourgnac’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chourgnac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chourgnac?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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