Le Horps ranks below 97% of compared French towns on flats: 3.9%
The share of second homes tops 84% of compared French towns: 7.3%. In Le Horps, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. This Mayenne town counted 716 residents and 300 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Le Horps
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Horps had 772 residents at the 2012 census and 716 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 58 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Horps changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 93% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Mayenne.
9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 65% 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 Horps 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Le Horps’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Le Horps ranks below 84% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Le Horps has 27%. This Mayenne town has fewer single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns, at 8.2%. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
7.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.9% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%.
A typical living standard of €24,300 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 €24,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
In Le Horps, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 65% 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 retired person account for 33%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.1%, a lower share than 81% 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.
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Horps
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 are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 716 to 2,582 people: this is the 17th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Le Horps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Horps | 44.6 | 22% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 7.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 8.9 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 9.4 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 9.4 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 11.4 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 14.4 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
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 Le Horps
What is the population of Le Horps?
716 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (772).
How old are Le Horps’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Horps?
28, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Horps?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Horps?
€24,300 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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