A median age of 56.1: Monplaisant is older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 3.6%. At the 2023 Census, 265 people lived in Monplaisant, in 130 households. Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.7% locally.
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 Monplaisant
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monplaisant, 21% of its 180 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 Monplaisant’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 2.3% in Monplaisant, less than in 99% 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
21% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes: 6.1% of the total.
Monplaisant changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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 +7% and the next six −10%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Monplaisant, more than in 91% 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
■ Monplaisant 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 89% of compared French towns: 8.5%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Fewer couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Monplaisant.
€25,860 a year: the median 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 €25,860 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Monplaisant, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 86% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in Monplaisant. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 61% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. The census found that 7.5% of residents are immigrants in Monplaisant. 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.
Monplaisant sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married in Monplaisant. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 79% 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: 16% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 265 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 3 around it: Monplaisant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monplaisant | 56.1 | 33% | 21% | 7.5% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 9.2 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 12.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 13.2 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
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 Monplaisant
What is the population of Monplaisant?
265 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (276).
How old are Monplaisant’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monplaisant?
38, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monplaisant?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monplaisant?
€25,860 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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