Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Terrou is over 56.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 171 residents in 83 households: that is Terrou at the 2023 Census. The census found that 53% of households are headed by a retired person here. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are couples with children here.
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 Terrou
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Terrou, 31% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 80% 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 Terrou’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Terrou had 181 residents at the 2012 census and 171 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Terrou, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
The figure for flats is 9.1% in Terrou and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.3% of households have no car. This Lot town has fewer empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 5.4%.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Terrou behind 90% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −7%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lot town −1%.
Terrou ranks below 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Terrou 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 28% in Terrou and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
In Terrou, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 79% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
€25,500 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,500 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (53%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Terrou. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Terrou, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Here 23% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Terrou, less than in 80% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Terrou has 22%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 171 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).
No nearby town is as old as Terrou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrou | 56.6 | 28% | 31% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 6.9 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 12.1 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 12.4 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 15.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
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 Terrou
What is the population of Terrou?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (181).
How old are Terrou’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Terrou?
42, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Terrou?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Terrou?
€25,500 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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