Half of Barcugnan is over 64.5, older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of homes are flats in Barcugnan. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 50%, more than in 97% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 104 residents locally, living in 56 households. The share of couples with children stands at 8.3%.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Barcugnan
An older town
Half of Barcugnan’s residents are under 64.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Barcugnan had 112 residents at the 2012 census and 104 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Barcugnan changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 93% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Barcugnan ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 49%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Barcugnan 64.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Barcugnan, 2.9%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% 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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.9 people on average. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Barcugnan has fewer single-parent households than just over three quarters of compared French towns, at 8.3%.
Barcugnan: 17% of homes stand empty, above 98% 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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Barcugnan, the census puts households without a car at 8.9%.
8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 57% 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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 9.4% of 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).
More immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 12%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 7.7% in Barcugnan and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
In Barcugnan, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
Here 46% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Barcugnan sits above 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 23% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 104 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Barcugnan (64.5).
Every neighbor is younger than Barcugnan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcugnan | 64.5 | 49% | 9.3% | 12% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 9.5 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 17 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 17.5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 17.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 17.9 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
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 Barcugnan
What is the population of Barcugnan?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (112).
How old are Barcugnan’s residents?
The median age is 64.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 7.7% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barcugnan?
7, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barcugnan?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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