Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainHalf of Agon-Coutainville is over 63.8, older than 99% of compared French towns
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 3.1% in Agon-Coutainville. The town had 3,020 residents in 1,660 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children account for 10%. On households headed by a manual worker, Agon-Coutainville sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 5.7%.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Agon-Coutainville
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,960 second homes and occasional dwellings in Agon-Coutainville, 53% of its 3,730 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Agon-Coutainville’s residents are under 63.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
53% of homes in Agon-Coutainville are second homes
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
By its share of households in social housing (7%), Agon-Coutainville is below 77% of compared French towns. In Agon-Coutainville, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 65% 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 ±0% to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Agon-Coutainville sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (48%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Agon-Coutainville 63.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Agon-Coutainville, 6%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 6%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.8 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Agon-Coutainville has more one-person households than 84% of compared French towns, at 45%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,050 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 €30,050 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 10.0% of residents.
Agon-Coutainville sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (60%)
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 (6.3%), Agon-Coutainville is below 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 89% of compared French towns: 2.3% of 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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
In Agon-Coutainville, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Agon-Coutainville, 49%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 65% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Agon-Coutainville (18%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,987 to 3,052 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.
At the ends of the range sit Pommeuse (39.2), the youngest, and Agon-Coutainville (63.8), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Agon-Coutainville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agon-Coutainville | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 4 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 6.6 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 7.8 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 10.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 10.6 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 13.5 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
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 Agon-Coutainville
What is the population of Agon-Coutainville?
3,020 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,782).
How old are Agon-Coutainville’s residents?
The median age is 63.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Agon-Coutainville?
1,960, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Agon-Coutainville?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Agon-Coutainville?
€30,050 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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