Half of Cordes-sur-Ciel is over 62.6, older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are couples with children in Cordes-sur-Ciel. On the census count, 4.2% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 879, in 460 households.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Cordes-sur-Ciel
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cordes-sur-Ciel, 37% of its 810 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cordes-sur-Ciel’s residents are under 62.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cordes-sur-Ciel had 964 residents at the 2012 census and 879 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
51% of Cordes-sur-Ciel’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The share of flats stands at 20%. More households without a car than in 61% of compared French towns: 13%.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Cordes-sur-Ciel behind 96% 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 +7% for the median Tarn town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 45%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cordes-sur-Ciel 62.6. The median compared French town: 44.
5.4% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Cordes-sur-Ciel: 51% of households are one person living alone, above 95% 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Cordes-sur-Ciel has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.2%.
Standard of living at the median: €21,720 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,720 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 79% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Cordes-sur-Ciel comes in at 16%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 80% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Cordes-sur-Ciel comes in at 11%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 74% 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.
Fewer married residents than 75% of compared French towns: 39%
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 census found that just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Cordes-sur-Ciel. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Cordes-sur-Ciel comes in at 17%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 879 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Cordes-sur-Ciel (62.6), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Cordes-sur-Ciel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordes-sur-Ciel | 62.6 | 45% | 37% | 11% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 10 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 10.5 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 10.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 11.3 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 11.4 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 13.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
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 Cordes-sur-Ciel
What is the population of Cordes-sur-Ciel?
879 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (964).
How old are Cordes-sur-Ciel’s residents?
The median age is 62.6, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.7% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cordes-sur-Ciel?
300, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cordes-sur-Ciel?
INSEE counts 95 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (9.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cordes-sur-Ciel?
€21,720 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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