Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Losse is over 58.5
In Losse, 1.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The town had 286 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 68%. On single-parent households, Losse sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Losse
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Losse, 18% of its 220 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Losse’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Losse, 17% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
2.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 33% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. At the same time, the figure for households without a car is 4.9% in Losse and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Losse grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 71% 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
The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Landes town +9%.
Losse: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Losse 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Losse has 4.5%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 82% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five households are one person living alone in Losse. On average, 2 people share a household. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €21,430 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.
Half of Losse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,430 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Losse ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
Losse sits below 62% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (3.1%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. For Losse, the census puts immigrants at 5.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Losse
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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Losse, less than in 97% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 30%, against 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 286 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Losse is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Losse | 58.5 | 41% | 18% | 5.9% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 17.6 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 17.6 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
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 Losse
What is the population of Losse?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (259).
How old are Losse’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Losse?
39, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Losse?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Losse?
€21,430 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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