Pierrelongue ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.9%
4.2% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Meanwhile, more households headed by a retired person than in 95% of compared French towns: 47%. In 2023, the Census found 231 residents in Pierrelongue, living in 120 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.4%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Pierrelongue
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pierrelongue, 16% of its 160 homes: higher than in 91% 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 Pierrelongue’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pierrelongue had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 231 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
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: 16%
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 eight, where the median compared French town has 11%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Flats make up about one in eight here (12%). Pierrelongue has more empty homes than 66% of compared French towns, at 8.2%.
Pierrelongue changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 88% 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 first five years brought −11%; the six to 2023, +6%.
A median age of 51.9: Pierrelongue 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
■ Pierrelongue 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Pierrelongue is above 79% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
19% of households are couples with children, below 77% of compared French towns
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five households are one person living alone in Pierrelongue. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
€23,660 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.
At €23,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.1%, a lower share than 87% 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 share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 75% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Pierrelongue, 8.3%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
Fewer married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Pierrelongue comes in at 16%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (231 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Pierrelongue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pierrelongue
What is the population of Pierrelongue?
231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (243).
How old are Pierrelongue’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrelongue?
26, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrelongue?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrelongue?
€23,660 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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