0.9% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 50.5, Cahan is older than 85% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 161 residents here, living in 77 households. Households headed by a retired person: 27% of the total. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Cahan comes in at 20%.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Cahan
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cahan, 19% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 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.
Cahan: 19% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. For Cahan, the census puts empty homes at 15%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+4% since 2012: slower than 54% 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 median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +17% and the next six −11%.
22% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 52% 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
■ Cahan 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 40%, Cahan is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
€22,730 a year: the median standard of living
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 Cahan’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Cahan
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Cahan has 1.2%. That is lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. Against 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 79% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Cahan sits below 88% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
Here 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Cahan, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahan | 50.5 | 22% | 19% | 1.2% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 4.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 5.7 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 8.8 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 9.4 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Flers 14,432 · 9.8 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 11.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
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 Cahan
What is the population of Cahan?
161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (155).
How old are Cahan’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cahan?
22, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cahan?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cahan?
€22,730 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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