Pontours is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
29% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. By contrast, on households headed by a retired person, Pontours sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 48%. The town counted 209 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 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 Pontours
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pontours, 17% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Pontours’ residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are flats
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
6% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in six here (17%). For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 82% of compared French towns grew faster than Pontours: −3%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −12%, then +9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
33% of residents are 65 or over, 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
■ Pontours 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Pontours has 9.1%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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
Couples with children make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,500 a year
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 €26,500 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 80% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.7% of Pontours’ residents
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Pontours (6.7%). Foreign nationals: 4.3%, near enough the figure 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 higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 57%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 209 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Pontours is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontours | 53.4 | 33% | 17% | 6.7% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 1.9 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 10.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 14.1 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 17.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
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 Pontours
What is the population of Pontours?
209 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (216).
How old are Pontours’ residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pontours?
23, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pontours?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pontours?
€26,500 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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