Half of Coulours is over 54, older than 93% of compared French towns
Here 14% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. At 0.8%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Coulours counted 141 residents and 74 households at the 2023 Census. Across Coulours, 43% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Coulours
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coulours, 17% of its 120 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Coulours’ residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coulours had 147 residents at the 2012 census and 141 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes stand empty, more 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
Here 17% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Locally, just over one in ten households have no car. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Coulours changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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 −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Coulours ranks below 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coulours 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, above 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Coulours, 7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 88% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 43% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,950 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Coulours has 7.1%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.9%, a lower share than 83% 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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Coulours, 3.6% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 50%
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 share of single residents stands at 25%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 30%
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 hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 141 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 62.3 in Prayssac.
Coulours is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulours | 54 | 31% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 8 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 11.7 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 12.7 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 13.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Sens 27,106 · 14 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 14.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
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 Coulours
What is the population of Coulours?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (147).
How old are Coulours’ residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulours?
20, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulours?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulours?
€23,950 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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