Photo: Pays du Grand Bergeracois · CC BY-SA 3.0La Force ranks below 94% of compared French towns on flats: 5.7%
4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census La Force was home to 2,702 people in 1,160 households. Across La Force, 28% of residents are 65 or over. On households headed by a retired person, La Force sits higher than 84% of compared French towns: 40%.
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.
La Force grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 52% 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
The median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +1%.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Force 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50.4, La Force is older than 84% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
One-person households make up 32% in La Force, less than in 66% 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
Couples with children: 23%, below 60% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
La Force ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.8%
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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Second homes are more common here than in 66% of compared French towns. Locally, 7.8% of homes stand empty.
A median of €24,850 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 16.0% of residents.
La Force sits below 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.3%)
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%; La Force has 18%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 78% 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 median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, La Force has 47%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,670 to 2,735 people), the 12th 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.
Ages run from 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than La Force
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Force | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 1.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 2.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 5.6 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 7.5 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 7.8 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 8.3 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
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 La Force
What is the population of La Force?
2,702 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,563).
How old are La Force’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Force?
44, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Force?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Force?
€24,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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