Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are couples with children
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Les Loges-sur-Brécey comes in at 55%. Still, fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 93% of compared French towns: 8%. The 2023 Census counted 115 residents in 59 households. On the census count, 6.9% of households have no car.
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 Les Loges-sur-Brécey
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Loges-sur-Brécey, 17% of its 94 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Loges-sur-Brécey had 149 residents at the 2012 census and 115 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Les Loges-sur-Brécey’s residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Les Loges-sur-Brécey, 20% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
The share of second homes is 17%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−23% since 2012, a pace below 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
The first five years brought −10%; the six to 2023, −14%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Les Loges-sur-Brécey is over 54.9, older than 94% 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
■ Les Loges-sur-Brécey 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Les Loges-sur-Brécey, 24% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 55% 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 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €22,460 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.
At €22,460 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Les Loges-sur-Brécey sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Les Loges-sur-Brécey has 9.1%. Set beside 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).
Les Loges-sur-Brécey sits above 70% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.1%)
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.
8% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Les Loges-sur-Brécey comes in at 27%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Les Loges-sur-Brécey sits below 91% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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 24%, Les Loges-sur-Brécey is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 115 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Les Loges-sur-Brécey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Loges-sur-Brécey | 54.9 | 24% | 17% | 8% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 6.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 8.2 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 9.6 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 10.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 11 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 11 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
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 Les Loges-sur-Brécey
What is the population of Les Loges-sur-Brécey?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (149).
How old are Les Loges-sur-Brécey’s residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Loges-sur-Brécey?
16, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Loges-sur-Brécey?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Loges-sur-Brécey?
€22,460 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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