Below 98% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 65 or over
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Lorlanges. Locally, 3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 425 residents and 180 households in the town.
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 Lorlanges
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lorlanges, 12% of its 230 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.8% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lorlanges had 336 residents at the 2012 census and 425 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Lorlanges’ residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Lorlanges, more than in 89% 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
Households without a car: 4.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
A +26% change since 2012: Lorlanges grew faster than 95% 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
Here the change came as +11% to 2017, then +14% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Haute-Loire.
A median age of 38.2: Lorlanges is younger than 87% 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
■ Lorlanges 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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%.
In Lorlanges, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Few places have so few one-person households: 26% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.8% in Lorlanges.
€27,090 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (21%), Lorlanges is above 85% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.5% in Lorlanges, less than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Lorlanges. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Lorlanges, 10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Lorlanges has 28%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (425 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Lorlanges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorlanges | 38.2 | 12% | 12% | 0.5% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 5.5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Brioude 6,527 · 6.3 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 6.5 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 14.4 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
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 Lorlanges
What is the population of Lorlanges?
425 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (336).
How old are Lorlanges’ residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lorlanges?
26, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lorlanges?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lorlanges?
€27,090 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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