5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (23%), Courances is below 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 348, in 150 households. 42% of households are headed by a retired person. On flats, Courances sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Courances
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courances, 15% of its 190 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 ↓
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Courances comes in at 5.4%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 4% here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Courances: ±0%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Essonne town +6%.
Courances is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courances 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
3.2% of households are single parents, below 99% 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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 32% of households are couples with children. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €34,570 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 median standard of living in Courances is €34,570 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 22%, a higher share than 91% 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Courances: 8.9% of residents are immigrants, above 65% 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 median compared commune in Essonne has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 5.3% in Courances.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
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
Here 16% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Courances, 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 348 to 2,582
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.
Courances and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courances | 49.2 | 23% | 15% | 8.9% |
| Milly-la-Forêt 4,562 · 2.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 5.3% | 7.4% |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 3,146 · 4.3 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| Champcueil 2,854 · 5 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 4.9% | 11% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 5.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| La Ferté-Alais 3,731 · 6.1 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.6% | 9.6% |
| Pringy 3,864 · 6.9 mi | 36.3 | 16% | 1.1% | 11% |
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 Courances
What is the population of Courances?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (348).
How old are Courances’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courances?
28, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courances?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courances?
€34,570 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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