Haut Valromey is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.1
With households without a car at 6%, Haut Valromey is behind 81% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 801 residents in 400 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 43%. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Haut Valromey
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Haut Valromey, 37% of its 770 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 78% 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 Haut Valromey’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Haut Valromey had 879 residents at the 2012 census and 801 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Haut Valromey has 17%. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Haut Valromey’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Ain. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Haut Valromey sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Haut Valromey 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Haut Valromey. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. About one in five: that is how common couples with children are in Haut Valromey (19%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,560 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.
Living standards centre on €25,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker
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%; Haut Valromey has 7.1%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.3%, Haut Valromey is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 83% 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Haut Valromey, less than in 77% 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
Graduates of higher education: 36% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 801 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Haut Valromey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haut Valromey | 55.1 | 31% | 37% | 3.5% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 5 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Valserhône 16,712 · 9.3 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 2.9% | 21% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 10.5 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 11.9 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 12.9 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Vallières-sur-Fier 2,860 · 13.9 mi | 39.4 | 15% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
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 Haut Valromey
What is the population of Haut Valromey?
801 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (879).
How old are Haut Valromey’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Haut Valromey?
280, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Haut Valromey?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Haut Valromey?
€25,560 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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