Half of Trun is over 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Trun, 18%. The town counted 1,165 residents and 550 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 3.6% here. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 4.6%, more than in three quarters 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.
What stands out about the people of Trun
Fewer residents than in 2012
Trun had 1,308 residents at the 2012 census and 1,165 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Trun’s residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Trun’s households are one person: higher than in 88% of compared French towns; 31% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 87 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −11% change since 2012: slower than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Orne town −5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Trun 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8%, below 68% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
In Trun, 47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 88% 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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9% here, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Trun sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Trun comes in at 19%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
At the median, €22,940 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Trun sits above 87% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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
Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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 98% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.5% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 36%
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, 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Trun. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 37% in Trun and 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,165 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Trun
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trun | 55.4 | 37% | 4.6% | 1.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 5.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 7.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 9.6 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 11.1 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 11.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 13.8 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
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 Trun
What is the population of Trun?
1,165 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,308).
How old are Trun’s residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trun?
31, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trun?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trun?
€22,940 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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