Lignères: 40% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of households are single parents. Lignères counted 32 residents and 13 households at the 2023 Census. Here 2.6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
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 Lignères
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lignères, 40% of its 27 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 ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Lignères’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lignères had 26 residents at the 2012 census and 32 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Lignères’ residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 93% of compared French towns: Lignères changed by +23% 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
The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, +14%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
13% of residents are 65 or over, below 96% 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
■ Lignères 38. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lignères’s residents are under 38, younger than in 88% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Lignères, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 2.4 people. 25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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. Typically, nearly a third 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).
0% of residents in Lignères 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lignères sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (8%)
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Lignères has 24%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 4% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lignères
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 share of graduates of higher education trails 72% of compared French towns: 24%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 32 to 2,582
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 Lignères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignères | 38 | 13% | 40% | 0% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 9.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 11 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 11.8 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 14 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 14.5 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 14.9 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
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 Lignères
What is the population of Lignères?
32 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (26).
How old are Lignères’ residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 34% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lignères?
11, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lignères?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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