Half of Le Pompidou is over 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (10%), Le Pompidou is below 86% of compared French towns. The town counted 184 residents and 98 households at the 2023 Census. In Le Pompidou, 45% of households are headed by a retired person. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 5% of households are single parents.
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 Le Pompidou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Pompidou, 62% of its 270 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Le Pompidou’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
62% of homes are second homes, a share 99% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. 5.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The share of households in social housing trails 90% of compared French towns: 4.1%.
Le Pompidou’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 59% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Lozère town −4%.
3.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Le Pompidou 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over in Le Pompidou. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Le Pompidou: 45% of households are one person living alone, above 84% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 1.9 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households are couples with children, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,910 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.
Living standards centre on €21,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (45%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.1% of Le Pompidou’s residents are immigrants
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 make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lozère has 7.7%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Le Pompidou (7.1%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Pompidou ranks below 79% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 9% of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Pompidou
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
Graduates of higher education: 37%, above 73% of compared French towns. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 184 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Le Pompidou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pompidou | 56.3 | 32% | 62% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 13.3 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 15 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
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 Le Pompidou
What is the population of Le Pompidou?
184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (172).
How old are Le Pompidou’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Pompidou?
170, with occasional dwellings: 62% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Pompidou?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Pompidou?
€21,910 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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