18% of homes in Putanges-le-Lac are second homes
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Putanges-le-Lac and 22% in the typical compared French town. 2,093 residents in 960 households: that is Putanges-le-Lac at the 2023 Census. Locally, 4.4% of homes are flats. More empty homes than in 84% of compared French towns: 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 Putanges-le-Lac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 240 second homes and occasional dwellings in Putanges-le-Lac, 18% of its 1,350 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 81% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne.
A median age of 48.9: Putanges-le-Lac is older than 79% 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
■ Putanges-le-Lac 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% in Putanges-le-Lac.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Putanges-le-Lac sits below 69% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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 2.1 people. Putanges-le-Lac has more one-person households than three fifths of compared French towns, at 37%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,330 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,330 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 78% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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 tops 70% of compared French towns: 36%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Putanges-le-Lac.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Putanges-le-Lac, 26% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 58% 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
Married residents are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,093 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Putanges-le-Lac is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putanges-le-Lac | 48.9 | 29% | 18% | 3.5% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 9.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 9.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 11.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 12.8 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Flers 14,432 · 13.4 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 13.5 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 Putanges-le-Lac
What is the population of Putanges-le-Lac?
2,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,156).
How old are Putanges-le-Lac’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Putanges-le-Lac?
240, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Putanges-le-Lac?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Putanges-le-Lac?
€24,330 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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