Half of Reynès is over 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns
4.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,220 residents and 600 households in Reynès. The share of couples with children stands at 17%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Reynès
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Reynès, 13% of its 740 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Reynès’ residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Reynès sits above 90% of compared French towns for second 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
12% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 6.5% in Reynès. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Reynès behind 78% 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 first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Reynès 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
6.3% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 32%, a lower 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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,150 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Reynès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,150 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Reynès: 52% of households are headed by a retired person, above 98% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Reynès. Across Reynès, 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Against that, 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).
Reynès: 8.7% of residents are immigrants, above 64% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Reynès comes in at 5.8%. As a yardstick, 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.
Reynès sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
With single residents at 19%, Reynès is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Reynès
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 share of graduates of higher education is 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Reynès, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynès | 59.2 | 38% | 13% | 8.7% |
| Céret 7,521 · 1.7 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 2.2 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 4.6 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 4.7 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Le Boulou 5,487 · 6.5 mi | 54 | 35% | 13% | 11% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 9.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 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 Reynès
What is the population of Reynès?
1,220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,246).
How old are Reynès’ residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Reynès?
96, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Reynès?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 71 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Reynès?
€25,150 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.