Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Grandvals is over 63.5
By its share of couples with children (14%), Grandvals is below 93% of compared French towns. In Grandvals, one in ten homes stand empty. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. This Lozère town had 61 residents in 34 households at the 2023 census.
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 Grandvals
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Grandvals, 54% of its 94 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 82% 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 Grandvals’ residents are under 63.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Grandvals had 81 residents at the 2012 census and 61 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
57% of Grandvals’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 54% in Grandvals, more than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Grandvals has 14%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 36%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −25% since 2012, behind 99% 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 −11% to 2017, then −15% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Lozère.
48% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Grandvals 63.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Grandvals, 6.3%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Grandvals sits above 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (57%)
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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Grandvals, 14%. Households here average 1.8 people each. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 0% of Grandvals’ residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 97% 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
35% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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 Grandvals, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 61 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Grandvals (63.5).
Every neighbor is younger than Grandvals
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandvals | 63.5 | 48% | 54% | 0% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 12.4 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
| Marvejols 4,764 · 17.2 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 9.7% |
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 Grandvals
What is the population of Grandvals?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (81).
How old are Grandvals’ residents?
The median age is 63.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 6.3% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Grandvals?
51, with occasional dwellings: 54% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Grandvals?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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