Above 95% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are second homes
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.6% in Miers and 11% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 4.6% of the total. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 3.8%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. There were 220 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 445 residents.
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 Miers
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Miers, 28% of its 320 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Miers’ residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Miers ranks below 96% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 2.3%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 6% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 62% of compared French towns grew faster than Miers: +2%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Lot town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
A median age of 52.1: Miers is older than 89% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Miers 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of Miers’ residents are 65 or older, against 35% in the median Lot town and 22% in the median compared French town; 17% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
Couples with children: 20%, below 73% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. There are 2 people in the average household. At 34%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
€24,640 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Miers ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5%
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
Here just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. On the census count, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a reference point, 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).
Miers: 5.6% of residents are immigrants
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 lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Miers (5.6%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 45%, above 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Miers ranks below 70% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 445 to 2,582
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 Miers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miers | 52.1 | 28% | 28% | 5.6% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 5.4 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 8.8 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 12 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Miers
What is the population of Miers?
445 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (437).
How old are Miers’ residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Miers?
89, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Miers?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Miers?
€24,640 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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