Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.6% of homes are flats
In Long, 14% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 590 residents in 280 households. Here, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 19% here, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Long
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Long, 15% of its 380 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 98% 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
Long had 640 residents at the 2012 census and 590 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Long has 9.3%. By contrast, 15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% of compared French towns. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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 −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Long is over 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Long 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Long has 9.8%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 39%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Long, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
€22,630 a year is the median standard of living here
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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Long. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Long sits below 91% of compared French towns for immigrants (2%)
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 Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Adults with no qualification: nearly a fifth of the total. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 590 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Long and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | 46.5 | 19% | 15% | 2% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 4.9 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 7.8 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 12.4 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 14.5 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 16.9 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 16.9 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
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 Long
What is the population of Long?
590 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (640).
How old are Long’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Long?
57, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Long?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Long?
€22,630 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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