A median age of 55.5: Thémines is older than 95% of compared French towns
With flats at 4.4%, Thémines is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. The census found that 4.2% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town’s 120 households held 240 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Thémines
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thémines, 28% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Thémines’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
28% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Growth of +13% since 2012 puts Thémines ahead of 76% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Lot.
Only 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Thémines
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thémines 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28%, against 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 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
In Thémines, 21% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are one person living alone. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,880 a year to live on
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 €23,880 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Thémines: 49% of households are headed by a retired person, above 96% of compared French towns
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
4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Set beside that, nearly a third 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).
Thémines sits below 86% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.5%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Thémines, 2.5%. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 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
Here 53% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 5% in Thémines, less than in 99% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Thémines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thémines | 55.5 | 28% | 28% | 2.5% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 5.5 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 8.7 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 13.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 17.1 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 Thémines
What is the population of Thémines?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (213).
How old are Thémines’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thémines?
54, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thémines?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thémines?
€23,880 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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