A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 49%
Here 0.4% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Cans et Cévennes had 282 residents in 140 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 3.2% here. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Lozère 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 Cans et Cévennes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cans et Cévennes, 49% of its 280 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Cans et Cévennes’ residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 17% who have been there 30 years or more. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Flats: 4.6% of the total.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Cans et Cévennes behind 71% 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 median Lozère town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −1%.
A median age of 52.4: Cans et Cévennes is older than 90% 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
■ Cans et Cévennes 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Cans et Cévennes, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Cans et Cévennes sits below 88% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.2%)
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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. At 41%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,850 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.
Living standards centre on €22,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Cans et Cévennes, 22%. As a reference point, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
Foreign nationals: 3%, below 64% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Fewer married residents than 88% of compared French towns: 36%
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
28% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 74% of compared French towns: 15%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Cans et Cévennes, 33%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 282 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Cans et Cévennes and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cans et Cévennes | 52.4 | 26% | 49% | 3.1% |
| Mende 12,464 · 17.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 6.6% | 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 Cans et Cévennes
What is the population of Cans et Cévennes?
282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (283).
How old are Cans et Cévennes’ residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cans et Cévennes?
140, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cans et Cévennes?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cans et Cévennes?
€22,850 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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