Second homes make up 28% in La Canourgue, more than in 95% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 5.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 6% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 2,074 residents in La Canourgue, living in 910 households. For La Canourgue, the census puts one-person households at 40%.
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 La Canourgue
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 440 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Canourgue, 28% of its 1,600 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 250 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
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 flats is 30%; La Canourgue has 21%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across La Canourgue, 11% of households have no car.
La Canourgue changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 82% 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, +1% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Lozère.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 80% 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
■ La Canourgue 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 47.3, La Canourgue is older than 71% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 60% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,890 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 La Canourgue’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,890 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 78% 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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 32% 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 4% in La Canourgue, less than in 73% of compared French towns
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3% in La Canourgue. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 72% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Canourgue
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 fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,074 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around La Canourgue are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Canourgue | 47.3 | 28% | 28% | 4% |
| Marvejols 4,764 · 9 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 4,026 · 11.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Mende 12,464 · 14.9 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 La Canourgue
What is the population of La Canourgue?
2,074 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,143).
How old are La Canourgue’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Canourgue?
440, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Canourgue?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Canourgue?
€24,890 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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