A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
With households headed by a manager or professional at 17%, Vesancy is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. The town counted 520 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over: 16% of the total. On one-person households, Vesancy sits lower than just over two thirds of compared French towns: 32%.
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 Vesancy
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Vesancy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vesancy has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Vesancy is under 42, younger than 66% 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
■ Vesancy 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Vesancy sits above 60% of compared French towns for single-parent households (11%)
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Couples with children are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Flats: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.3% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
€48,170 a year: the median standard of living
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 €48,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 26%, a lower share than 82% of compared French towns
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
Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 17% of Vesancy’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 26% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vesancy: 19% of residents are immigrants, above 92% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
In Vesancy, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
20% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 53%, a higher share than 95% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Vesancy comes in at 9%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 520 to 2,582 people, the 8th youngest
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 Vesancy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesancy | 42 | 16% | 3.3% | 19% |
| Gex 13,627 · 1.6 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Cessy 5,832 · 2.1 mi | 36.9 | 10% | 4.4% | 22% |
| Divonne-les-Bains 10,464 · 2.5 mi | 41 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Ségny 2,941 · 3.7 mi | 34.8 | 11% | 4.7% | 30% |
| Ornex 5,082 · 5 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 4.8% | 38% |
| Prévessin-Moëns 9,153 · 6.4 mi | 36.5 | 10% | 11% | 37% |
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 Vesancy
What is the population of Vesancy?
520 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (530).
How old are Vesancy’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vesancy?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vesancy?
INSEE counts 98 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vesancy?
€48,170 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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