Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are flats
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in La Coulonche, 4.4%. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.2% of households have no car. 5.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 85% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 497 residents and 230 households locally.
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 La Coulonche
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Coulonche, 11% of its 280 homes: higher than in 88% 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
La Coulonche had 529 residents at the 2012 census and 497 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of empty homes is 9.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Turnover: 8.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% 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, −7% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
La Coulonche ranks below 68% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Coulonche 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Coulonche is 45.2, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 79% 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
Couples with children: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Median living standard: €25,290 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.
The median standard of living in La Coulonche is €25,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 68% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in La Coulonche. The census found that 15% of households are headed by a manual worker locally. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Coulonche sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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 La Coulonche, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.6%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; La Coulonche has 40%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
La Coulonche sits below 76% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in La Coulonche, about two in ten. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 497 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than La Coulonche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Coulonche | 45.2 | 19% | 11% | 3.8% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 5.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 6.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 7.9 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Flers 14,432 · 8.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 9.4 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 9.9 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 La Coulonche
What is the population of La Coulonche?
497 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (529).
How old are La Coulonche’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Coulonche?
30, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Coulonche?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Coulonche?
€25,290 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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