Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of homes are flats
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 21% in Louye and 32% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 210 residents locally, living in 100 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9% locally. On single-parent households, Louye sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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 Louye
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Louye, 10% of its 120 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Louye had 245 residents at the 2012 census and 210 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 10%, a higher share than 88% 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
5.1% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Put another way, about one in 17: 6% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Louye changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 Eure town −1%.
A median age of 46.3: Louye is older than 65% 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
■ Louye 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Louye sits above 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (42%)
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Louye sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 26%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,930 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.
At €27,930 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Louye sits above 62% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (5.7%)
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.
Immigrants: 6.2% of the total. That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Louye ranks below 60% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Louye. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 33% in Louye and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Louye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louye | 46.3 | 21% | 10% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 4,058 · 4.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 4.8 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 5.1 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 1.4% | 19% |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 4,116 · 6.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 6.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Anet 2,721 · 6.7 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
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 Louye
What is the population of Louye?
210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (245).
How old are Louye’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louye?
12, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louye?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louye?
€27,930 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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