Flats: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Capelle-les-Grands, 4.8%. The town had 434 residents in 180 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 43% in the town. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Capelle-les-Grands
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Capelle-les-Grands, 15% of its 220 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 ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 2.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
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
15% of homes are second homes (Eure median 1.9%, France median 2.1%) and 6.3% are empty (6.7%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 56% of compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Capelle-les-Grands behind 59% 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 Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +1%.
9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 74% 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
■ Capelle-les-Grands 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Capelle-les-Grands’s residents are over 44.9, older than in 56% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 2.7%, a lower share than 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 2.7% are single parents with their children (10%). On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Median standard of living: €24,820 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.
Living standards centre on €24,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Only 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Capelle-les-Grands
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Capelle-les-Grands. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.3%, below 74% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents make up 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Capelle-les-Grands, 21%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 434 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Capelle-les-Grands
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capelle-les-Grands | 44.9 | 22% | 15% | 3.4% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 6.1 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 9.8 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 12.6 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 12.8 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 13.6 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 13.8 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
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 Capelle-les-Grands
What is the population of Capelle-les-Grands?
434 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (423).
How old are Capelle-les-Grands’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Capelle-les-Grands?
33, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Capelle-les-Grands?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Capelle-les-Grands?
€24,820 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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