Lézignan is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.2
Households without a car make up 3.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 355 residents in Lézignan, living in 160 households. On the census count, 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Lézignan
An older town
Half of Lézignan’s residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 82% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then +1% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lézignan 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 33% in Lézignan and 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Lézignan ranks below 79% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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
In Lézignan, 24% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Lézignan ranks above 83% of compared French towns on second homes: 7.1%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 11%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€26,040 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,040 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 92% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 19%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lézignan: 5.9% 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.
The median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). Foreign nationals make up 3.8%, close to the figure 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Lézignan, 18%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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 Lézignan, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 355 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).
Around Lézignan, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lézignan | 57.2 | 33% | 7.1% | 5.9% |
| Lourdes 13,266 · 2.1 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 12% | 16% |
| Juillan 3,999 · 7 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Odos 3,265 · 7.4 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Argelès-Gazost 2,761 · 8 mi | 59.7 | 41% | 27% | 5.1% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 8.1 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Pontacq 2,925 · 8.3 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
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 Lézignan
What is the population of Lézignan?
355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (367).
How old are Lézignan’s residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lézignan?
13, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lézignan?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lézignan?
€26,040 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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