Fewer couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 10%
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Lunegarde comes in at 1.3%. There were 48 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 94 residents. On the census count, 3.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 83% 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 Lunegarde
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lunegarde, 30% of its 77 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 Lunegarde’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lunegarde had 99 residents at the 2012 census and 94 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Lunegarde has 8.5%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 6.4% of households have no car locally. On empty homes, Lunegarde sits higher than 62% of compared French towns: 7.8%.
From 2012 to 2023, 88% of compared French towns grew faster than Lunegarde: −5%
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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Lunegarde is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lunegarde 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
33% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 40% in Lunegarde, more than in 69% 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
Average household size: 2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 10% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 93% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
Immigrants: 3.2% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
13% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 51% in Lunegarde and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 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
Here, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Lunegarde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunegarde | 51.4 | 33% | 30% | 3.2% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 6.4 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 15.3 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 15.4 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 17.8 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 17.8 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
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 Lunegarde
What is the population of Lunegarde?
94 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (99).
How old are Lunegarde’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lunegarde?
23, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lunegarde?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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