In Capvern, 36% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,298 residents in Capvern, living in 670 households. Couples with children account for 16%. Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Capvern comes in at 9.4%.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Capvern
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 410 second homes and occasional dwellings in Capvern, 36% of its 1,120 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 27% 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 Capvern’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer empty homes than 85% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households have no car here. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly two in five homes are flats.
Capvern changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
A median age of 51: Capvern is older than 86% 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
■ Capvern 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Capvern, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
42% of households are one person living alone, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,980 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,980 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Locally, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Typically, 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).
5% of residents are immigrants, below 63% 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 census found that 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Capvern. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 39% in Capvern, less than in 77% 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
Single residents: 28%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 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
Here nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,298 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 Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Capvern
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capvern | 51 | 25% | 36% | 5% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 3.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 8.9 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 11.8 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 12.6 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Soues 2,988 · 12.8 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 13.5 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 Capvern
What is the population of Capvern?
1,298 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,287).
How old are Capvern’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Capvern?
410, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Capvern?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Capvern?
€24,980 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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