A median age of 55.9: Nicorps is older than 95% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 0.5% in Nicorps and 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Nicorps was home to 354 people in 170 households. Across Nicorps, 2.6% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Nicorps
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nicorps had 412 residents at the 2012 census and 354 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nicorps’ residents are under 55.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−14% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −13%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Manche town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Nicorps 55.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 27% in Nicorps and 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%
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 2.1 people. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Nicorps.
Second homes: 4.2%, a higher share than 72% 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
6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 52% of compared French towns: 6.8%.
The median resident lives on €26,510 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.
Living standards centre on €26,510 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Nicorps, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 82% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Nicorps comes in at 8.5%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nicorps sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.4%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Nicorps has 0.9%. For comparison, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% 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
The share of single residents is 18%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 354 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Nicorps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicorps | 55.9 | 27% | 4.2% | 1.4% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 1.8 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 4.3 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 7.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 7.6 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 8.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 9.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
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 Nicorps
What is the population of Nicorps?
354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (412).
How old are Nicorps’ residents?
The median age is 55.9, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nicorps?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nicorps?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nicorps?
€26,510 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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