A median age of 56.1: Lanquais is older than 95% of compared French towns
Flats make up 1.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 506 residents in 240 households. Across Lanquais, 6.2% of households have no car.
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 Lanquais
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lanquais, 21% of its 350 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Lanquais’ residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lanquais had 550 residents at the 2012 census and 506 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 21% of its homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Lanquais, the census puts empty homes at 9.8%.
Since 2012, Lanquais has changed by −8%, slower than 95% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Dordogne town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
In Lanquais, 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Lanquais 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of Lanquais’ residents are 65 or older, against 33% in the median Dordogne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 13% are under 18. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Lanquais ranks below 94% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.3%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are couples with children here. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Lanquais (31%). Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,220 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.
Half of Lanquais’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Lanquais: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% 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
In Lanquais, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 67% of compared French towns: 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Here 7.9% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. Across the comparison, 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.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
By its share of married residents (52%), Lanquais is above 97% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 506 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Lanquais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanquais | 56.1 | 34% | 21% | 7.9% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 3.7 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 9.6 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 13.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 14 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 14.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| La Force 2,702 · 15.2 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
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 Lanquais
What is the population of Lanquais?
506 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (550).
How old are Lanquais’ residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanquais?
73, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanquais?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lanquais?
€25,220 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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