Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Lamontélarié is over 62.5
In Lamontélarié, 57% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. There were 33 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 58 residents. Across Lamontélarié, 14% of households are couples with children. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 3.8%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Lamontélarié
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 87 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lamontélarié, 70% of its 120 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Lamontélarié’s residents are under 62.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lamontélarié had 67 residents at the 2012 census and 58 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lamontélarié ranks above 99% of compared French towns on second homes: 70%
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 just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put empty homes at 3.3% in Lamontélarié. This Tarn town has fewer households without a car than 64% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
A change of −13% since 2012 leaves Lamontélarié behind 99% 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: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −15% to 2023.
Lamontélarié sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (42%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lamontélarié 62.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.7%, below 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 81% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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 Tarn has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 32: 3.1% 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 single residents than 90% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Lamontélarié has 37%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Above 63% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 18%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 58 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.5 in Lamontélarié.
Every neighbor is younger than Lamontélarié
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamontélarié | 62.5 | 42% | 70% | 3.1% |
| Pont-de-Larn 2,947 · 12.6 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Mazamet 10,085 · 14.3 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 7% | 8.5% |
| Aussillon 5,527 · 14.5 mi | 53.9 | 36% | 2.9% | 15% |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 15.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Castres 42,505 · 17.8 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 3% | 8.9% |
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 Lamontélarié
What is the population of Lamontélarié?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (67).
How old are Lamontélarié’s residents?
The median age is 62.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lamontélarié?
87, with occasional dwellings: 70% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lamontélarié?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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