Coulimer ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 35%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Coulimer has 2%. At the 2023 Census, 285 people lived in the town, in 130 households. The share of households without a car stands at 3%. Lower than in 82% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
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 Coulimer
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coulimer, 35% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 3.4%, a lower share than 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 2.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more.
−2% since 2012: slower than 79% 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 ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Orne town −5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 80% of compared French towns, at 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coulimer 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.1, Coulimer is older than three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. 9% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 11.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Coulimer, more than in 73% 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
Households average 2.3 people. More single-parent households than in 70% of compared French towns: 11%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Half above, half below €24,380 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €24,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Coulimer comes in at 41%. By contrast, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Coulimer ranks below 60% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.4%
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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 4.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
In Coulimer, just over half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Coulimer has 17%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Older than Coulimer: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulimer | 48.1 | 28% | 35% | 5.4% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 4.8 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 9.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 12 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 15.2 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.1 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 17.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Coulimer
What is the population of Coulimer?
285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (292).
How old are Coulimer’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulimer?
73, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulimer?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulimer?
€24,380 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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