A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Mur-de-Sologne has 8.3%. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.2% of homes are second homes. Census day 2023: 1,518 residents and 660 households here. For Mur-de-Sologne, the census puts one-person households at 29%.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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.
Mur-de-Sologne’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 64% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
A median age of 45.4: Mur-de-Sologne is older than 59% 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
■ Mur-de-Sologne 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Mur-de-Sologne, 10%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Mur-de-Sologne ranks above 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten households are single parents.
A lower share of households in social housing than 76% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
By its share of households without a car (7.5%), Mur-de-Sologne is below 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,180 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 €25,180 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
In Mur-de-Sologne, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 95% 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 retired person make up 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 68% of compared French towns: 4.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The share of immigrants 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.
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
Married residents: 49%, above 88% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Mur-de-Sologne, less than in 91% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (26%), Mur-de-Sologne is above 81% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st 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.
No nearby town is as young as Mur-de-Sologne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mur-de-Sologne | 45.4 | 23% | 8.2% | 4.5% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 7.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 9.5 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Cour-Cheverny 2,831 · 9.7 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 7.8% | 2.7% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 10.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 3.4% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 10.7 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 11.2 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
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 Mur-de-Sologne
What is the population of Mur-de-Sologne?
1,518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,496).
How old are Mur-de-Sologne’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mur-de-Sologne?
64, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mur-de-Sologne?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mur-de-Sologne?
€25,180 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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