Courgeoût sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.1%)
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Courgeoût comes in at 2.9%. The census found that 3.3% of households have no car here. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 458 people lived here, in 190 households.
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 Courgeoût
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courgeoût, 18% of its 250 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.6% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Courgeoût changed by −1% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne.
Courgeoût is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courgeoût 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Courgeoût.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Courgeoût ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Couples with children are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Courgeoût has 7.6%.
A typical living standard of €27,620 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,620 a year: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Courgeoût, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Courgeoût has 16%. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Courgeoût, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer 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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.1% 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 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 Courgeoût, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Courgeoût, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Courgeoût has 16%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 458 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Courgeoût
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courgeoût | 47 | 24% | 18% | 2.9% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 3 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 9.8 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 12.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 13.8 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Sées 4,168 · 15.8 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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 Courgeoût
What is the population of Courgeoût?
458 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (463).
How old are Courgeoût’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courgeoût?
45, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courgeoût?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courgeoût?
€27,620 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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