Lalanne-Arqué is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats account for 1.1%. At the 2023 Census, 149 people lived in Lalanne-Arqué, in 71 households. 2.8% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lalanne-Arqué
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lalanne-Arqué, 10% of its 90 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Lalanne-Arqué’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes are second homes, a share 88% 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 typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Lalanne-Arqué has 11%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Lalanne-Arqué changed by +3% since 2012
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
Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Gers.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns, at 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lalanne-Arqué 59. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in Lalanne-Arqué and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
7.1% of households are single parents, below 88% 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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Lalanne-Arqué. Here, 29% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,770 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.
The median standard of living in Lalanne-Arqué is €23,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.1% in Lalanne-Arqué. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. On the census count, 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 68% of compared French towns: 6.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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 Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 50% and 5.3%, and 6% are widowed.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 share of adults with no qualification trails 66% of compared French towns: 16%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 149 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Lalanne-Arqué
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalanne-Arqué | 59 | 35% | 10% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 15.4 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 17 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 17.6 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
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 Lalanne-Arqué
What is the population of Lalanne-Arqué?
149 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (145).
How old are Lalanne-Arqué’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lalanne-Arqué?
9, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lalanne-Arqué?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (6.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lalanne-Arqué?
€23,770 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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