Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Planches is over 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Planches’s 94 households held 180 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 5.3% of households are single parents. 0.7% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
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 Planches
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Planches, 18% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 96% 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
Planches had 202 residents at the 2012 census and 180 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Planches’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Planches: 18% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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
Some 7.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Planches, 15% of homes stand empty. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.4% of households have no car.
Planches changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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 lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Planches 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Planches sits above 77% of compared French towns for one-person households (42%)
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,070 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,070 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person here. Add to that, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 79% of compared French towns. Against that, 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).
Planches sits below 84% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.8%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.7%, below 84% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Planches: 50% of residents 15 and over are married, above 91% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Planches. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 82% 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
Roughly two in ten: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 180 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 younger than Planches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planches | 54.3 | 30% | 18% | 2.8% |
| Sées 4,168 · 11.5 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 11.9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 11.9 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 13.8 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 14.6 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
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 Planches
What is the population of Planches?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (202).
How old are Planches’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Planches?
25, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Planches?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Planches?
€26,070 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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