A town of second homes: 35% of its homes
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.2%, Alvignac is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 699 residents and 340 households locally. On the census count, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer households in social housing than in 88% of compared French towns: 4.6%.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Alvignac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Alvignac, 35% of its 600 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Alvignac’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Alvignac, 7.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Alvignac, 8.9%. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.5% of households have no car.
Alvignac changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 84% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
A median age of 53.2: Alvignac is older than 91% 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
■ Alvignac 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
In Alvignac, 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 83% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone here.
A typical living standard of €25,750 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.
Living standards centre on €25,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 42% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.4% of Alvignac’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 42% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.8% in Alvignac, less than in 75% 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.
Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 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
On married residents, Alvignac sits higher than just over half of compared French towns: 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Alvignac, 28%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Alvignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvignac | 53.2 | 30% | 35% | 3.8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 3.7 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 10 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 11.8 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 16.5 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
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 Alvignac
What is the population of Alvignac?
699 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (727).
How old are Alvignac’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Alvignac?
210, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Alvignac?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Alvignac?
€25,750 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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