Photo: Basicdesign · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Courtenay is over 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Courtenay has 2.3%. This Loiret town had 3,772 residents in 1,900 households at the 2023 census. Couples with children account for 17%. Households without a car are more common here than in 76% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Courtenay
An older town
Half of Courtenay’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Courtenay had 4,075 residents at the 2012 census and 3,772 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 400 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loiret town +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Courtenay, more than in 94% 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
■ Courtenay 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Courtenay comes in at 8.2%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Courtenay: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 78% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.9 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
16% of homes stand empty, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of homes are second homes here. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 19% of homes are flats.
€23,560 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €23,560 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 17.0%.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Courtenay is above 70% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 62% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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.
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). As a yardstick, 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.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Courtenay, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Courtenay ranks below 97% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 15%
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
Nearly a third of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,740 to 3,804 people: this is the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the youngest, and Brantôme en Périgord (53.9), the oldest.
Courtenay and its 6 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtenay | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 9.8 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 11.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais 3,839 · 13.4 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| Amilly 13,582 · 13.8 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Paron 4,834 · 14.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Montargis 14,825 · 15 mi | 40.7 | 23% | 2.7% | 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 Courtenay
What is the population of Courtenay?
3,772 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (4,075).
How old are Courtenay’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courtenay?
170, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courtenay?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courtenay?
€23,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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