A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
Single-parent households make up 5.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 79% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 417 residents in 180 households. Across Landigou, 2.7% of households have no car.
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 Landigou
Fewer residents than in 2012
Landigou had 460 residents at the 2012 census and 417 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −9% since 2012, behind 96% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Orne town −5%.
A median age of 46.8: Landigou is older than 68% 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
■ Landigou 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
19% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 12%, more than in 67% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Landigou ranks below 87% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Higher than in three quarters of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Landigou: 4.1% of homes are second homes, above 72% 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. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 3.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. Landigou sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,040 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,040 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails three fifths of compared French towns: 31%. By way of 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).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.7% of residents are immigrants
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 94% of compared French towns. 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals. Set beside 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.
Landigou ranks above 94% of compared French towns on married residents: 51%
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
Single residents: 24% of the total. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns, at 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 16% in Landigou and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 417 to 2,582 people: this is the 17th 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).
Every neighbor is older than Landigou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landigou | 46.8 | 19% | 4.1% | 1.7% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 3.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 4.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 4.6 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 9.1 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 11.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 11.8 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
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 Landigou
What is the population of Landigou?
417 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (460).
How old are Landigou’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landigou?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landigou?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landigou?
€25,040 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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