A median age of 58.8: Lanouaille is older than 98% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 4.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Lanouaille’s 460 households held 926 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 50% here.
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 Lanouaille
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lanouaille, 11% of its 640 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Lanouaille’s residents are under 58.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lanouaille had 1,002 residents at the 2012 census and 926 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 100 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lanouaille, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Lanouaille has 5%. Second homes account for 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
Lanouaille sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (41%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lanouaille 58.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Lanouaille has 5.1%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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 Lanouaille, 15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 90% 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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns.
A median of €22,590 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.
At €22,590 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
In Lanouaille, 1.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% 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
One in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 62% 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 higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants stands at 7.5%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Lanouaille comes in at 19%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 926 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as old as Lanouaille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanouaille | 58.8 | 41% | 11% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 9.5 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 10.8 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Objat 3,721 · 15.7 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Lanouaille
What is the population of Lanouaille?
926 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,002).
How old are Lanouaille’s residents?
The median age is 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanouaille?
73, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanouaille?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lanouaille?
€22,590 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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