A median age of 52.2: Loudun is older than 89% of compared French towns
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Loudun has 16%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 6,839, in 3,410 households. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 4%. Nearly a quarter of homes are flats, a lower share than in 63% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Loudun
An older town
Half of Loudun’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 590 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 68% of compared French towns: Loudun changed by ±0% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Vienne. Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loudun 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are 15 to 24. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.9 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A higher share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Loudun. Households without a car are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.2% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €22,700 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 €22,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 84% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 20.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 41%
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: 19% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 65% 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.
The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Locally, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns
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
In Loudun, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Loudun
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Loudun has 29%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (6,760 to 6,911 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Douvaine (37), the oldest Nyons (60.6).
No nearby town is as old as Loudun
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudun | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 13.4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 13.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 13.9 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 14.6 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 14.8 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 16.8 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
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 Loudun
What is the population of Loudun?
6,839 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (6,819).
How old are Loudun’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loudun?
130, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loudun?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 290 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loudun?
€22,700 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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