In Cournols, 3.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a retired person in Cournols. This Puy-de-Dôme town had 230 residents in 87 households at the 2023 census. For Cournols, the census puts empty homes at 9.4%. On one-person households, Cournols sits lower than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 29%.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Cournols
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cournols, 19% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% 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.
Cournols sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (19%)
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
The share of households without a car trails 74% of compared French towns: 6.8%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Cournols: −3%
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 Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six −5%.
A median age of 45.4: Cournols is older than 59% 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
■ Cournols 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
37% women, 63% men
About 58 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 75% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In Cournols, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,680 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 €26,680 a year: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.6% in Cournols, less than in 86% 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 Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.7% in Cournols.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 33%, a lower share than 94% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Cournols. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.8% of adults out of school have no qualification in Cournols
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Cournols has 38%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 230 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cournols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cournols | 45.4 | 22% | 19% | 2.6% |
| Aydat 2,574 · 2.3 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 22% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle 4,066 · 5.2 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| La Roche-Blanche 3,311 · 6.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Romagnat 7,894 · 6.6 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
| Ceyrat 6,592 · 6.8 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 6.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
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 Cournols
What is the population of Cournols?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (238).
How old are Cournols’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cournols?
23, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cournols?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cournols?
€26,680 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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