35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 90% of compared French towns: 15%. 3.8% of households have no car, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns. Pougny counted 871 residents and 370 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes make up about one in ten here (10%).
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 Pougny
Immigrants
INSEE counts 300 immigrants in Pougny (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 38% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 32% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pougny, 11% of its 470 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 79% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 11% of its homes
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. The census found that just over a quarter of homes are flats in Pougny.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 60% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ain town +13%.
A median age of 39.2: Pougny is younger than 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pougny 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 74% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 9.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €45,760 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 €45,760 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 70% of compared French towns: 29%
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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Pougny (10%). Higher than in 51% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
38% of residents are immigrants, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 32% 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.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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 a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Pougny has 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 83% of compared French towns: 42%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 871 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Pougny, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pougny | 39.2 | 15% | 11% | 38% |
| Valleiry 5,264 · 2.3 mi | 36.8 | 11% | 5.2% | 26% |
| Péron 2,916 · 3.6 mi | 37.1 | 10% | 6.5% | 25% |
| Viry 5,809 · 4.2 mi | 35.9 | 12% | 6.4% | 26% |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois 16,222 · 5.9 mi | 35.4 | 13% | 5.7% | 30% |
| Thoiry 6,569 · 6.6 mi | 39 | 13% | 6.1% | 34% |
| Valserhône 16,712 · 7.1 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 2.9% | 21% |
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 Pougny
What is the population of Pougny?
871 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (812).
How old are Pougny’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pougny?
50, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pougny?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 38% of residents, and 280 foreign nationals (32%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pougny?
€45,760 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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