A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). On one-person households, Cormes sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 26%. At the 2023 Census Cormes was home to 893 people in 400 households. Locally, 1.6% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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.
±0% since 2012: slower than 70% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Sarthe town ±0%.
In Cormes, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Cormes 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 46.6, Cormes is older than 67% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Cormes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.8%
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
27% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). There are 2.2 people in the average household. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 8.8%, a higher share than 71% 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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 26% who have been there 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 4% in Cormes.
The median resident lives on €26,650 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 €26,650 a year: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
In Cormes, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 88% 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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 6.3%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Cormes, less than in 76% 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
Put another way, about one in five: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (893 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Cormes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cormes | 46.6 | 20% | 4% | 1.2% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 1.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 2.9 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 7.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Vibraye 2,523 · 7.8 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 11.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Connerré 2,780 · 12.7 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
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 Cormes
What is the population of Cormes?
893 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (894).
How old are Cormes’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cormes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cormes?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cormes?
€26,650 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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