A town of second homes: 31% of its homes
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 4.2%. The census found that 2.7% of homes are flats in Tamniès. The town has fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.6%. 414 residents in 200 households: that is Tamniès at the 2023 Census.
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 Tamniès
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tamniès, 31% of its 300 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Tamniès’ residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 6.3% of households have no car in Tamniès
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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. For Tamniès, the census puts empty homes at 5%.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 71% 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 +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023.
Tamniès is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tamniès 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Tamniès, 26%.
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.
Tamniès sits below 81% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 11% are single parents with their children (10%). By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,580 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,580 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
34% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Tamniès comes in at 11%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are immigrants, below 71% of compared French towns
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 72% of compared French towns: 2.5%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 13%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Tamniès has 52%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 13% 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 69% of compared French towns: 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 414 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 Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Tamniès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamniès | 51.3 | 26% | 31% | 4.2% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 6.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 6.7 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 11.6 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 12.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 16.4 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Tamniès
What is the population of Tamniès?
414 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (375).
How old are Tamniès’ residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tamniès?
93, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tamniès?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tamniès?
€24,580 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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