A median age of 61.2: Meyronne is older than 99% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Meyronne has 0.8%. The census found that 56% of households are headed by a retired person here. The town has fewer households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.3%. At the 2023 Census Meyronne was home to 269 people in 140 households.
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 Meyronne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Meyronne, 35% of its 230 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Meyronne’s residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Meyronne had 292 residents at the 2012 census and 269 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Meyronne comes in at 4%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Meyronne, the census puts empty homes at 5.2%.
Since 2012, Meyronne has changed by −8%, slower than 94% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meyronne 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 38% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
14% of households are couples with children, below 93% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 3.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are one person living alone in Meyronne.
A median standard of living of €24,780 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 €24,780 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.6% of Meyronne’s residents
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 make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. In Meyronne, 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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 share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Meyronne
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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 3rd oldest of 41 French towns of 269 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Meyronne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyronne | 61.2 | 38% | 35% | 6.6% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 5.6 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 9.7 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 13.8 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 15.1 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 17.8 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
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 Meyronne
What is the population of Meyronne?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (292).
How old are Meyronne’s residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meyronne?
80, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meyronne?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meyronne?
€24,780 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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