32% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Valromey-sur-Séran is home to 1,351 residents in 650 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 4%. Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, more than in 85% 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 Valromey-sur-Séran
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 310 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valromey-sur-Séran, 32% of its 990 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Valromey-sur-Séran’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valromey-sur-Séran ranks below 97% of compared French towns on flats: 4.2%
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
7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few empty homes: 2.7% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Valromey-sur-Séran outgrew 61% of compared French towns: +7%
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
The median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +3%.
Half of Valromey-sur-Séran is over 52.2, older than 89% 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
■ Valromey-sur-Séran 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Valromey-sur-Séran has 29%. Meanwhile, the town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.8%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.6% in Valromey-sur-Séran, less than in 99% 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 share of couples with children trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 20%. What’s more, nearly a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
A typical living standard of €27,580 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 Valromey-sur-Séran’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Valromey-sur-Séran ranks below 56% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 13%
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 12: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Valromey-sur-Séran (8.5%). Measured more widely, 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).
Valromey-sur-Séran ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.6%
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 census found that 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Valromey-sur-Séran. Set beside 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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 just over half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Valromey-sur-Séran, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,351 to 2,582
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 Valromey-sur-Séran
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valromey-sur-Séran | 52.2 | 29% | 32% | 4.6% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 5.2 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 7% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 6.6 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| Belley 9,388 · 10.2 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Vallières-sur-Fier 2,860 · 13 mi | 39.4 | 15% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Rumilly 16,442 · 13.7 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.8% | 14% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 14 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
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 Valromey-sur-Séran
What is the population of Valromey-sur-Séran?
1,351 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,258).
How old are Valromey-sur-Séran’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valromey-sur-Séran?
310, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valromey-sur-Séran?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valromey-sur-Séran?
€27,580 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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