A median age of 55.9: Lignol is older than 95% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Lignol has 3%. For Lignol, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 43%. On single-parent households, Lignol sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 5.8%. There were 430 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 861 residents.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Lignol
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lignol, 22% of its 660 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Lignol’s residents are under 55.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lignol had 910 residents at the 2012 census and 861 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 85 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Lignol has 13%.
−5% since 2012: 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Morbihan.
In Lignol, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Lignol 55.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 87% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 40%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
A typical living standard of €22,590 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.
Living standards centre on €22,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 78% 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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lignol, 10% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 83% 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.
Just over one in ten residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Lignol
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Lignol. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 861 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.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lignol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignol | 55.9 | 33% | 22% | 12% |
| Plouay 5,755 · 8.2 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.5% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 10.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| Cléguérec 2,885 · 11.6 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 8.8% | 4% |
| Cléguer 3,460 · 12.5 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Inzinzac-Lochrist 6,691 · 13.3 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Pluméliau-Bieuzy 4,632 · 13.4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 8% | 3.7% |
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 Lignol
What is the population of Lignol?
861 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (910).
How old are Lignol’s residents?
The median age is 55.9, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lignol?
150, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lignol?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lignol?
€22,590 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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