A median age of 56.7: Courties is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 24 households in Courties at the 2023 Census, home to 46 residents. The share of households without a car stands at 15%. 5.6% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
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 Courties
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courties, 28% of its 37 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Courties (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many people living alone
60% of Courties’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Courties’ residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
28% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the last two years, 19% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One household in seven has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
−2% since 2012: slower than 78% 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 +19%; the six to 2023, −18%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courties 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 60%
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. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Courties: 60% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 95% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 16% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Courties
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
The figure for married residents is 40% in Courties and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 46 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Courties
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courties | 56.7 | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12.9 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 14 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 14.8 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
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 Courties
What is the population of Courties?
46 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (47).
How old are Courties’ residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courties?
10, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courties?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (16%). 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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