Lamoura ranks above 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 58%
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.1%, Lamoura is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. At 3.6%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 667 residents in the town, living in 280 households. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Lamoura
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 440 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lamoura, 58% of its 750 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 43% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Lamoura had 554 residents at the 2012 census and 667 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Lamoura’s residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households have no car
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 12% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) here. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. The share of empty homes stands at 4.5%. At 47%, the share of flats is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 91% of compared French towns: Lamoura changed by +20% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +16%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Jura town −4%.
A median age of 38.3: Lamoura 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
■ Lamoura 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents are 65 or over in Lamoura.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, more than in 60% 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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (11%), Lamoura is above 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €39,350 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €39,350 a year: higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 22%, a lower 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 about one in seven here (15%). 3.6% of Lamoura’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 22% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2%, below just over three quarters of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A lower share of single residents than 90% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 share of married residents stands at 44%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.6%
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
43% of Lamoura’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 8.6% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (667 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lamoura and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamoura | 38.3 | 16% | 58% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 5.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Gex 13,627 · 6.3 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 7.4 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Les Rousses 3,740 · 7.6 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 48% | 7.6% |
| Divonne-les-Bains 10,464 · 8.6 mi | 41 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 8.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
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 Lamoura
What is the population of Lamoura?
667 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (554).
How old are Lamoura’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lamoura?
440, with occasional dwellings: 58% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lamoura?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lamoura?
€39,350 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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