Half of Coutures is over 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns
3.4% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Coutures’s population at 199, in 100 households. Locally, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Coutures
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coutures, 21% of its 150 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Coutures’ residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Coutures (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% 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.
In Coutures, 21% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Coutures. At the same time, at 8.2%, the share of empty homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Coutures changed by +3% since 2012
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 Dordogne town −1%.
In Coutures, 38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Coutures 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8%, below 92% of compared French towns. By way of 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: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 4.8% of households are single parents in Coutures
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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 43% in Coutures. Fewer couples with children than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 24%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Half above, half below €25,970 a year in 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 €25,970 a year: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 38% in Coutures and 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
17% of residents are immigrants, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Coutures has 16%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 67% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 share of married residents stands at 43%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Coutures, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 72% 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
Graduates of higher education: 28%, below 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Coutures
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutures | 57.2 | 38% | 21% | 17% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 6.4 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 12.8 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 14.4 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 15.5 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 16.3 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 16.7 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
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 Coutures
What is the population of Coutures?
199 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (194).
How old are Coutures’ residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coutures?
30, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coutures?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coutures?
€25,970 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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