Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes are flats
7.8% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Fewer households in social housing than in 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%. At the 2023 Census Lonlay-l'Abbaye was home to 1,123 people in 530 households. Across Lonlay-l'Abbaye, nearly half of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Lonlay-l'Abbaye
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 14% of its 760 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 120 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lonlay-l'Abbaye had 1,171 residents at the 2012 census and 1,123 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Some 8.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. At 14%, the share of second homes is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 7.2% of households have no car.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 85% 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
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Lonlay-l'Abbaye is over 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lonlay-l'Abbaye 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Lonlay-l'Abbaye comes in at 28%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
5.7% of households are single parents, below 97% 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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Across Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 22% of households are couples with children. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
The median resident lives on €24,040 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €24,040 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Only 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Lonlay-l'Abbaye
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, Lonlay-l'Abbaye has 19%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.4% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Census figures put immigrants at 6.1% in Lonlay-l'Abbaye. That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 88% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Lonlay-l'Abbaye. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lonlay-l'Abbaye
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: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,123 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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).
Lonlay-l'Abbaye and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonlay-l'Abbaye | 49.6 | 28% | 14% | 6.1% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 4.8 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 7.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Flers 14,432 · 8.9 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 9.8 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 11.1 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 11.2 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
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 Lonlay-l'Abbaye
What is the population of Lonlay-l'Abbaye?
1,123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,171).
How old are Lonlay-l'Abbaye’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lonlay-l'Abbaye?
110, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lonlay-l'Abbaye?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lonlay-l'Abbaye?
€24,040 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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