Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Couptrain is over 60.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 103 residents and 63 households in Couptrain. Locally, 7.7% of households are couples with children. Flats: 7.8% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Couptrain
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Couptrain, 22% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Couptrain’s residents are under 60.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Couptrain had 127 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
54% of Couptrain’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Couptrain sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (29%)
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of homes are second homes in Couptrain. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here, 16% of households have no car.
Couptrain’s population moved −19% on 2012, less than in 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Mayenne town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −21% to 2023.
Couptrain: 38% of residents are 65 or over, above 97% 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
■ Couptrain 60.4. The median compared French town: 44.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couptrain sits above 97% of compared French towns for one-person households (54%)
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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 1.6 people on average. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €20,910 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 Couptrain’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 94% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 91% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are immigrants
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.
In Couptrain, 15% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 67% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 87% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (103 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Couptrain and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couptrain | 60.4 | 38% | 22% | 18% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 7.7 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 7.8 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 8.1 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 9.6 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 16.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 17.2 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Couptrain
What is the population of Couptrain?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (127).
How old are Couptrain’s residents?
The median age is 60.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.8% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couptrain?
28, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couptrain?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couptrain?
€20,910 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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