Cornac ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 22%
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Cornac has 14%. The town counted 366 residents and 180 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.2% here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Cornac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cornac, 22% of its 250 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 93% 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
Some 6.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. At 4.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes stands at 7.7%.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +5% to 2023.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Cornac is over 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cornac 50. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Cornac is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
In Cornac, 23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 61% 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
Households average 2.1 people. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone.
Median standard of living: €26,320 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 €26,320 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Across Cornac, 29% of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison 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).
Immigrants: 4.1%, a lower share than 72% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.2% in Cornac and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Cornac
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Cornac, 24%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 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
Cornac has more graduates of higher education than 53% of compared French towns, at 31%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 366 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Cornac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornac | 50 | 29% | 22% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 3.5 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 11.9 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 13.4 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
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 Cornac
What is the population of Cornac?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (354).
How old are Cornac’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cornac?
54, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cornac?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cornac?
€26,320 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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