Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes are flats
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. At the same time, the median age in Le Langon is 50.2, higher than in 84% of compared French towns. The town’s 480 households held 1,045 residents at the 2023 Census. For Le Langon, the census puts second homes at 6.9%.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Le Langon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Langon had 1,128 residents at the 2012 census and 1,045 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −9%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Only 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Le Langon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Langon 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
6.2% of households are single parents, below 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 33% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. Le Langon has fewer couples with children than 55% of compared French towns, at 24%.
Households without a car make up 5% in Le Langon, less than in 88% 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
One household in 20 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). On the census count, 9.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Empty homes are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €23,070 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.
At €23,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Le Langon ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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 share of households headed by a retired person is 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Le Langon, 2.9%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 85% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Le Langon. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 1,045 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Langon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Langon | 50.2 | 24% | 6.9% | 3.7% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 7.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Marans 4,476 · 9.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 9.6 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Luçon 9,417 · 10.4 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 12.1 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 14.5 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 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 Le Langon
What is the population of Le Langon?
1,045 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,128).
How old are Le Langon’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Langon?
38, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Langon?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Langon?
€23,070 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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