A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
In Monlong, 2.8% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. The town had 108 residents in 55 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 36% in the town.
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 Monlong
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monlong, 21% of its 70 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% 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
Monlong had 116 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Monlong’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes are second homes
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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 change was −12%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Monlong is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monlong 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (32%), Monlong is above 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
18% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. Monlong has more one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 45%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Monlong: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 75% 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
In Monlong, 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 82% of compared French towns: 10% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 11: 9.2% 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.
Monlong ranks below 72% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
Across Monlong, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 56% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Monlong (18%). For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 4 neighbors are older than Monlong
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monlong | 51.5 | 32% | 21% | 9.2% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 6.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 9.5 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 14.5 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 17.4 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
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 Monlong
What is the population of Monlong?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (116).
How old are Monlong’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monlong?
15, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monlong?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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