Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
The share of households headed by a retired person is 39%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 349 residents and 170 households in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain. Across Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
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 Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, 17% of its 260 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain had 388 residents at the 2012 census and 349 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 45 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 17% of homes stand empty
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 92% of compared French towns: 17%. By its share of households without a car (7.3%), Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain is below 71% of compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain behind 97% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Mayenne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 37% in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, more than in 57% of compared French towns
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. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,210 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 €24,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain ranks below 70% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.4%
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.
For Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.1%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 85% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, 30%.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Older than Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain | 50.9 | 28% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 7.8 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 8.4 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 8.8 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 9.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 15.3 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 Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain
What is the population of Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain?
349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (388).
How old are Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain?
46, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain?
€24,210 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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