Le Loreur sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (42%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Le Loreur has 6.5%. Households without a car: 4.1% of the total. On households headed by a retired person, Le Loreur sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 21%. This Manche town counted 258 residents and 97 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Le Loreur
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Loreur, 16% of its 120 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 16% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Le Loreur’s residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes: 6.4% of the total.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 60% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 11%, a lower share than 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 Loreur 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Le Loreur’s residents are under 37.4, younger than in 90% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Households average 2.7 people. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Le Loreur has more single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns, at 16%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,490 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 €25,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 83% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker here. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Le Loreur
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 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
With adults with no qualification at 21%, Le Loreur is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 258 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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 Prayssac (62.3).
Le Loreur is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Loreur | 37.4 | 11% | 16% | 1.5% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 4.8 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 6.8 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Granville 12,510 · 7.3 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 7.3 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 7.3 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 8.2 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
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 Loreur
What is the population of Le Loreur?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (252).
How old are Le Loreur’s residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Loreur?
20, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Loreur?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Loreur?
€25,490 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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