Tour-de-Faure is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.4
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Tour-de-Faure, 0.6%. Few places have so few flats: 2.4% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. This Lot town is home to 342 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 19: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Tour-de-Faure (5.3%).
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 Tour-de-Faure
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tour-de-Faure, 30% of its 280 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Tour-de-Faure’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tour-de-Faure had 380 residents at the 2012 census and 342 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 30% in Tour-de-Faure, 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.8% of households have no car in Tour-de-Faure. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten homes stand empty in the town.
Tour-de-Faure’s population moved −10% on 2012, less than in 97% 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
Here the change came as −15% to 2017, then +6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Lot.
6.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Tour-de-Faure 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 92% of compared French towns: 33%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. On single-parent households, Tour-de-Faure sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.9%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,070 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.
Half of Tour-de-Faure’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,070 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Tour-de-Faure: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (5.1%), Tour-de-Faure is below 85% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
6.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Tour-de-Faure sits above 90% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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 single residents trails 84% of compared French towns: 21%. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 89% 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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 342 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
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 younger than Tour-de-Faure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Tour-de-Faure
What is the population of Tour-de-Faure?
342 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (380).
How old are Tour-de-Faure’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tour-de-Faure?
82, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tour-de-Faure?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tour-de-Faure?
€26,070 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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