A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
3.3% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Larchamp has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.8%. The 2023 Census counted 1,001 residents in 450 households. Households headed by a retired person: 39% of the total.
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 Larchamp
Empty homes
The census found 82 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Larchamp had 1,057 residents at the 2012 census and 1,001 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Larchamp has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Larchamp is over 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Larchamp 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
14% of homes stand empty, more than in 94% 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
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 3.1% in Larchamp. What’s more, on households without a car, Larchamp sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 6%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%.
The median resident lives on €23,990 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,990 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.3%, a lower share than 96% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker in Larchamp. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.2% in Larchamp, less than in 61% 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.
The median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 21. 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.
Larchamp: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 80% of compared French towns
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Larchamp. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Larchamp
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 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,001 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.
Larchamp is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larchamp | 46.7 | 23% | 7.8% | 5.2% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 5.1 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Fougères 20,307 · 8.8 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 2% | 6.3% |
| Lécousse 3,530 · 9.8 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 10.5 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 15.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Maen Roch 5,088 · 16.3 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 2.5% | 5.4% |
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 Larchamp
What is the population of Larchamp?
1,001 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,057).
How old are Larchamp’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Larchamp?
45, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Larchamp?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Larchamp?
€23,990 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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