Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 5.6% of homes are flats here. With a median age of 50.5, Tortebesse is older than 85% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 80 residents here, living in 34 households. Census figures put one-person households at 29% locally.
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 Tortebesse
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tortebesse, 22% of its 54 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Tortebesse had 56 residents at the 2012 census and 80 in 2023, up 43%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
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
In Tortebesse, 15% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Tortebesse grew +43% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 99% 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 Puy-de-Dôme town +4%. The change was +23% from 2012 to 2017 and +16% from 2017 to 2023.
Tortebesse: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 73% 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
■ Tortebesse 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2.4 people each. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns, at 43%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 32% 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).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 2.5% of residents are immigrants
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 87% of compared French towns. Across Tortebesse, 5% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Locally, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Put another way, about one in six: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 80 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Tortebesse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tortebesse | 50.5 | 26% | 22% | 2.5% |
| Aydat 2,574 · 17 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 22% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle 4,066 · 17.4 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Orcines 3,609 · 17.8 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.5% | 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 Tortebesse
What is the population of Tortebesse?
80 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 43% more than in 2012 (56).
How old are Tortebesse’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tortebesse?
12, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tortebesse?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (5%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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