2.1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Coublanc. In 2023, the Census found 838 residents here, living in 360 households. On the census count, 4.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.6% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Coublanc
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 74 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coublanc, 15% of its 500 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coublanc had 892 residents at the 2012 census and 838 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Coublanc’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 62 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 smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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
Empty homes make up 13%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 15% of homes are second homes.
Coublanc changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 91% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
A median age of 51.6: Coublanc is older than 88% 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
■ Coublanc 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
5.5% of households are single parents, below 98% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Coublanc has fewer one-person households than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 29%. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are couples with children here.
A median of €24,560 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.
The median standard of living in Coublanc is €24,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 93% 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
4.1% of Coublanc’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 40% by a retired person (32%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Coublanc
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.5%), Coublanc is below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
Married residents: 51% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Coublanc, less than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 838 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Coublanc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coublanc | 51.6 | 30% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 3.7 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 5.1 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Cours 4,306 · 5.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 8.1 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 9.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Mably 7,233 · 12.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
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 Coublanc
What is the population of Coublanc?
838 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (892).
How old are Coublanc’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coublanc?
74, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coublanc?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coublanc?
€24,560 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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