A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.5%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Lans, 2.4%. The median age locally is 48.4, higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 952, in 390 households. On the census count, 32% of households are couples with children.
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.
Faster growth than 57% of compared French towns: Lans changed by +6% since 2012
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
Over those years, the median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lans 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
The figure for single-parent households is 5.1% in Lans and 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
At 1.2%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 4.1% of homes stand empty, or about one in 24.
Standard of living at the median: €28,610 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.
Half of Lans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,610 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns: 39%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 18% in Lans and 14% in the typical compared French town. 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. On average, 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).
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 93% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Lans. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 61% in Lans, more than in 99% 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
The figure for single residents is 16% in Lans and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lans
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
26% of Lans’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 952 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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Lans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lans | 48.4 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 1.3 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 3.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 3.7 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 4.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 5.3 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 5.5 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 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 Lans
What is the population of Lans?
952 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (894).
How old are Lans’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lans?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lans?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lans?
€28,610 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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