Longes sits above 93% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
6.7% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 938 people lived in Longes, in 370 households. Census figures put households without a car at 4.1% in the town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Longes
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Longes behind 57% 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 +10% for the median Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 86% 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
■ Longes 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.6, Longes is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% in the town, about one in ten. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Longes sits below 95% of compared French towns for one-person households (24%)
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.1%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
4.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Longes has more second homes than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 4.4%.
The median resident lives on €28,200 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,200 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Longes
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: 16% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Longes, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Longes, 1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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 Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 85% 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
Compared with other places, single residents are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no 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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 938 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Longes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longes | 42.6 | 16% | 4.4% | 1.6% |
| Rive-de-Gier 15,242 · 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine 3,764 · 4.5 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Lorette 4,983 · 4.7 mi | 42.2 | 24% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 5.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Condrieu 3,957 · 5.2 mi | 47 | 29% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Paul-en-Jarez 4,699 · 5.5 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
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 Longes
What is the population of Longes?
938 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (909).
How old are Longes’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Longes?
19, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Longes?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Longes?
€28,200 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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