A median age of 52.2: Cuves is older than 89% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 130 households in Cuves at the 2023 Census, home to 256 residents. Locally, 8.2% of homes are flats. 9.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town.
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 Cuves
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cuves, 18% of its 200 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cuves had 316 residents at the 2012 census and 256 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cuves’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 18%
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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 16% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −19% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cuves 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Cuves, 8.4%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 18% in Cuves, less than in 82% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Cuves, 8.1% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Roughly four in ten: 38% of households are one person living alone.
A median of €21,980 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €21,980 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Cuves. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cuves ranks below 70% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.4%
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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Locally, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals. Set beside that, 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.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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 people make up 44% and PACS partners 2.8%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.4% are widowed. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Here 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 256 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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.
Cuves sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuves | 52.2 | 29% | 18% | 4.4% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 8.2 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 8.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 8.6 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 9.2 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 9.3 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 10.5 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
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 Cuves
What is the population of Cuves?
256 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (316).
How old are Cuves’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuves?
36, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuves?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuves?
€21,980 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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