Nanthiat is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.4
Flats: 1.8% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Nanthiat had 244 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. Empty homes: 2.7% of the total. 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 88% 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 Nanthiat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nanthiat, 21% of its 170 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 Nanthiat’s residents are under 63.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nanthiat had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 244 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nanthiat sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (21%)
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 without a car is 11%; Nanthiat has 4.7%. On top of that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Dordogne town −1%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
47% of residents are 65 or over, more 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
■ Nanthiat 63.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.2% in Nanthiat and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.2% of households are couples with children
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
Here 7.7% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Nanthiat has fewer one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 32%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households here average 1.9 people each.
At the median, €22,910 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Nanthiat ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 54%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
Nanthiat sits above 87% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Nanthiat. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. On average, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents tops 97% of compared French towns: 52%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Nanthiat sits below 72% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Nanthiat has 21%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 244 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 Nanthiat (63.4).
No nearby town is as old as Nanthiat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanthiat | 63.4 | 47% | 21% | 13% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 3.2 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 13 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 16.6 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 17.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 17.6 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 17.9 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
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 Nanthiat
What is the population of Nanthiat?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (263).
How old are Nanthiat’s residents?
The median age is 63.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.6% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nanthiat?
36, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nanthiat?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nanthiat?
€22,910 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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