Half of Les Pechs du Vers is over 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Les Pechs du Vers. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 303, in 160 households. For Les Pechs du Vers, the census puts flats at 5.2%.
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 Les Pechs du Vers
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Pechs du Vers, 43% of its 320 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Les Pechs du Vers’ residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Les Pechs du Vers, 43% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of households have no car in Les Pechs du Vers. In the last two years, 7.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Les Pechs du Vers behind 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Lot town −1%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
42% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Pechs du Vers 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
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 typical household size is 1.8 people. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 45%.
€24,010 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.
Living standards centre on €24,010 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 48% 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
In Les Pechs du Vers, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.1% of the total. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 74% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Les Pechs du Vers. 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
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
With married residents at 47%, Les Pechs du Vers is ahead of 77% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 303 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Les Pechs du Vers is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Les Pechs du Vers
What is the population of Les Pechs du Vers?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (293).
How old are Les Pechs du Vers’ residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Pechs du Vers?
140, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Pechs du Vers?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Pechs du Vers?
€24,010 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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