Le Tanu sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.7%)
The median age in Le Tanu is 39.2, lower than in 83% of compared French towns. For Le Tanu, the census puts empty homes at 3.7%. At the 2023 Census Le Tanu was home to 430 people in 170 households. 28% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%.
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 Tanu
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Tanu, 17% of its 220 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
34% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Le Tanu had 366 residents at the 2012 census and 430 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Tanu: 17% of homes are second homes, above 92% of compared French towns
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
A growing town: +17% since 2012, faster than 87% 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 +8%; 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 88% 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 Tanu 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.3%), Le Tanu is below 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Le Tanu sits below 95% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 34% of households are couples with children, or about one in three.
Median living standard: €25,450 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 residents live in households above €25,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Le Tanu ranks below 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.7%
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Against that, nearly one in ten 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).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, below 87% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 22% 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
The share of married residents trails 64% of compared French towns: 41%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Le Tanu has 27%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 430 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as young as Le Tanu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tanu | 39.2 | 16% | 17% | 2.5% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 5.6 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 6.4 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 8.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 10 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 10.2 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 10.5 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
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 Tanu
What is the population of Le Tanu?
430 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (366).
How old are Le Tanu’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Tanu?
38, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Tanu?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Tanu?
€25,450 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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