Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
25% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In Couesmes, 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The town has fewer households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.7%. At the 2023 Census Couesmes was home to 543 people in 220 households.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-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.
Slower growth than 59% of compared French towns: Couesmes changed by +3% since 2012
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
Couesmes ranks below 68% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couesmes 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Couesmes, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.7, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Couesmes, 4.9% of households are single parents, fewer 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Couesmes has 32%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Couesmes: 4.9% of homes are second homes, above 76% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Empty homes are more common here than in three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,960 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.
Living standards centre on €23,960 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Couesmes sits above 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (19%)
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Couesmes has 37%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% 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 1.7% in Couesmes, less than in 95% 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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Fewer married residents than 59% of compared French towns: 42%
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
The census found that 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Couesmes. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Couesmes. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 543 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Couesmes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couesmes | 43.7 | 19% | 4.9% | 1.7% |
| Montval-sur-Loir 5,641 · 9.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 5.9% | 3% |
| Le Lude 3,983 · 10.8 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Noyant-Villages 5,448 · 11.4 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 12% | 5% |
| Mayet 3,187 · 14.3 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 6.6% | 1.3% |
| Luynes 5,062 · 14.9 mi | 49.2 | 26% | 2.6% | 3.6% |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 4,015 · 15.3 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
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 Couesmes
What is the population of Couesmes?
543 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (529).
How old are Couesmes’ residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couesmes?
13, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couesmes?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couesmes?
€23,960 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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