50% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (17%), Touquettes is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 75 residents in 31 households. The share of empty homes stands at 3.4%.
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 Touquettes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Touquettes, 43% of its 58 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Touquettes had 82 residents at the 2012 census and 75 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
43% of homes are second homes, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
3.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Touquettes has 13%.
Touquettes changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then −18% to 2023.
A median age of 42.5: Touquettes is younger than 62% 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
■ Touquettes 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Touquettes has 9.3%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 average household has 2.4 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Touquettes, 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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: 17% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.3% in Touquettes, less than in 60% of compared French towns
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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4% of residents are foreign nationals in Touquettes.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Touquettes ranks below 65% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Touquettes is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touquettes | 42.5 | 17% | 43% | 5.3% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 5.1 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 9.6 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 13.3 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 14.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 17 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 17.2 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
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 Touquettes
What is the population of Touquettes?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (82).
How old are Touquettes’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Touquettes?
25, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Touquettes?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (4%). 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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