A median age of 59: Mouterre-sur-Blourde is older than 98% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (2.9%), Mouterre-sur-Blourde is below 99% of compared French towns. 46% of households are one person living alone, or about one in two. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 170, in 60 households.
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 Mouterre-sur-Blourde
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mouterre-sur-Blourde, 19% of its 100 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Mouterre-sur-Blourde’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 27% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Mouterre-sur-Blourde, 1.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Some 15% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. The census found that nearly a quarter of homes stand empty in Mouterre-sur-Blourde. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 19% of homes are second homes. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 72% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
43% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouterre-sur-Blourde 59. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 77 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.
Couples with children make up 15% in Mouterre-sur-Blourde, less than in 90% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.7% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Mouterre-sur-Blourde sits above 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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 benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. The census found that 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Mouterre-sur-Blourde.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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.
10% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 35%
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 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Mouterre-sur-Blourde has 22%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
43% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Mouterre-sur-Blourde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouterre-sur-Blourde | 59 | 43% | 19% | 10% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 14.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 15.2 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 15.6 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
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 Mouterre-sur-Blourde
What is the population of Mouterre-sur-Blourde?
170 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (171).
How old are Mouterre-sur-Blourde’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouterre-sur-Blourde?
20, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouterre-sur-Blourde?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (8.8%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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