A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 48%
0.7% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Louvigné is home to 1,193 residents in 420 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Louvigné, 2.2% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
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 Louvigné
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Louvigné’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 61% of compared French towns: Louvigné changed by +8% since 2012
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 median Mayenne town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +4%.
Younger than 91% of compared French towns: half of Louvigné is under 37.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Louvigné 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On the census count, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 16% of households are one person living alone in Louvigné
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
There are 2.8 people in the average household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Louvigné has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%.
Only 1.6% of homes are second homes in Louvigné
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
In the last two years, 9.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.1% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,550 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.
The median standard of living in Louvigné is €26,550 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% of the total. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.7% 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.
Here 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Typically, 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Louvigné comes in at 20%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Louvigné
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
For Louvigné, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,193 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Louvigné is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louvigné | 37.2 | 13% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 1.9 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 3.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 5.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Laval 49,400 · 6.4 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 6.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 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 Louvigné
What is the population of Louvigné?
1,193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,109).
How old are Louvigné’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louvigné?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louvigné?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louvigné?
€26,550 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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