In Proissans, 3.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Proissans was home to 1,102 people in 520 households. 3.5% of households have no car. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Proissans
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Proissans, 15% of its 660 homes: higher than in 91% 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 Proissans’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 12% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: faster than 83% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, +8%.
A median age of 51.6: Proissans is older than 88% 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
■ Proissans 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Proissans has 27%.
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.
Proissans ranks below 77% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Proissans has more single-parent households than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 11%. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,160 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.
Half of Proissans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,160 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Proissans ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 36%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Proissans sits below 68% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.5%)
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.
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Proissans sits below 97% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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 figure for married residents is 46% in Proissans and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Proissans sits below 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (27%)
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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 1,102 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Proissans: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proissans | 51.6 | 27% | 15% | 4.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 2.9 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 10.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 11.4 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 14.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 14.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 15.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
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 Proissans
What is the population of Proissans?
1,102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (953).
How old are Proissans’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Proissans?
100, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Proissans?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Proissans?
€25,160 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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