A median age of 63.9: Blars is older than 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 50%. The 2023 Census counted 137 residents in 75 households. Couples with children make up about one in eight here (13%). Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 4% of households have no car.
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 Blars
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Blars, 47% of its 140 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Blars’ residents are under 63.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
47% of homes are second homes, 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 2.1% of homes are flats in Blars.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Blars ahead of 56% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
Blars sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (47%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blars 63.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Blars, 5.8%. For comparison, 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: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Blars has 38%. Households here average 1.8 people each. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,910 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,910 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 8.8% in Blars, more than in 64% 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.
Here, 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals. Against that, 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single residents: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Graduates of higher education: 39%, above 77% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 137 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Blars (63.9), the oldest.
Blars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blars | 63.9 | 47% | 47% | 8.8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 14.3 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 15.6 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Cahors 20,050 · 15.9 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 6.1% | 12% |
| Pradines 3,617 · 16.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 2.8% | 9.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 17.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
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 Blars
What is the population of Blars?
137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (129).
How old are Blars’ residents?
The median age is 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blars?
67, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blars?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blars?
€23,910 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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