Larzac: 37% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 145 people lived in Larzac, in 66 households. For Larzac, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 46%. By its share of couples with children (31%), Larzac is above 79% of compared French towns.
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 Larzac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Larzac, 37% of its 120 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Larzac ranks below 95% of compared French towns on flats: 5.4%
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
The share of empty homes tops 61% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Still, 4.6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 91% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A +7% change since 2012: Larzac grew faster than 61% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Larzac 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age in Larzac is 45.5, higher than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Larzac sits below 83% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.7%)
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Larzac sits higher than 64% of compared French towns: 38%.
The median resident lives on €22,360 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 €22,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (46%)
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).
A larger share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 12%
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: 9.8%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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 smaller share of single residents than 77% of compared French towns: 22%
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
With married residents at 41%, Larzac is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% 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 account for 18%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 145 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
Larzac is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larzac | 45.5 | 24% | 37% | 12% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 12.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 14.2 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 14.9 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Fumel 4,690 · 17.2 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 6.6% | 17% |
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 Larzac
What is the population of Larzac?
145 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (135).
How old are Larzac’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Larzac?
44, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Larzac?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (9.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Larzac?
€22,360 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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