Landos: 26% of homes are second homes, above 94% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 1.9% in Landos and 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 420 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 873 residents. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of households are single parents. The town has fewer flats than 85% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Landos
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Landos, 26% of its 680 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 89% 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
Landos had 926 residents at the 2012 census and 873 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 86 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Turnover: 8.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 33% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 90% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A median age of 49.4: Landos is older than 81% 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
■ Landos 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 29%, more than in 82% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Landos sits above 71% of compared French towns for one-person households (41%)
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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Landos, 23%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
A median of €23,300 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,300 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Typically, 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.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 59% 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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 95% 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
With adults with no qualification at 22%, Landos is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (873 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Landos are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landos | 49.4 | 29% | 26% | 1.8% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 8.5 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 11.6 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 12.7 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 13.5 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 13.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 14.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
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 Landos
What is the population of Landos?
873 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (926).
How old are Landos’ residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landos?
180, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landos?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landos?
€23,300 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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