Harcourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.4%
Households headed by a manual worker: 27% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 15% in Harcourt. At 5.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,062, in 360 households.
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 Harcourt
An older town
Half of Harcourt’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 65% 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
Half of Harcourt is over 52.7, older than 90% 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
■ Harcourt 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 37% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Harcourt.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 87% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. Higher than in 54% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. Second homes are more common here than in 78% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €25,710 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 residents live in households above €25,710 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Harcourt
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 retired person: 41% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2% in Harcourt, less than in 92% 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 Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
Married residents make up 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Harcourt has 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,062 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Harcourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harcourt | 52.7 | 37% | 5.3% | 2% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 6 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 6 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 9.7 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 3,827 · 10.1 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 1% | 2.3% |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde 3,995 · 10.5 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
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 Harcourt
What is the population of Harcourt?
1,062 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (977).
How old are Harcourt’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Harcourt?
22, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Harcourt?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Harcourt?
€25,710 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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