Half of Mugron is over 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Mugron has 1.6%. Across Mugron, 45% of households are headed by a retired person. 15% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,348 people lived in the town, in 620 households.
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 Mugron
An older town
Half of Mugron’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mugron had 1,418 residents at the 2012 census and 1,348 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mugron changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, behind 88% 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 −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Mugron: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% 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
■ Mugron 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Mugron sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.4% of households are single parents in Mugron
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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Mugron, 39%. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 7.6% 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
Here 20% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Empty homes come to 10% in Mugron, about one in ten. This Landes town has fewer households without a car than three fifths of compared French towns, at 8.9%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,070 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,070 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Mugron ranks below 61% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 7.9%
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
Across Mugron, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 62% 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.
4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Mugron sits above 70% of compared French towns for single residents (28%)
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
By its share of married residents (42%), Mugron is below 60% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Mugron comes in at 23%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,348 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Mugron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mugron | 54.1 | 34% | 7.6% | 5.1% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 6.4 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 8.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 10.1 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 3,402 · 12.4 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Narrosse 3,387 · 13.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 7.6% |
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 Mugron
What is the population of Mugron?
1,348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,418).
How old are Mugron’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mugron?
57, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mugron?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mugron?
€23,070 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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