More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
3.6% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The 2023 Census put Tanques’s population at 157, in 68 households. One-person households come to 29% here, about three in ten. With a median age of 50, Tanques is older than 83% of compared French towns.
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.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 80% 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%.
Tanques sits above 77% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (27%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tanques 50. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Tanques and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 68% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Tanques ranks above 80% of compared French towns on empty homes: 10%
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 7.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 40%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 2.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,710 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 €28,710 a year: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Only 7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker in Tanques
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 14%, Tanques is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Tanques has 1.3%. On average, 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.
Married residents make up 52% in Tanques, more than in 97% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 74% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (157 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Tanques is younger than 2 of its 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanques | 50 | 27% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 4.5 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 10.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 12.8 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 14.7 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 15.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
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 Tanques
What is the population of Tanques?
157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (161).
How old are Tanques’ residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tanques?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tanques?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tanques?
€28,710 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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