A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Vescours has 27%. On the census count, 3.8% of households have no car. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 2.3%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. 221 residents in 91 households: that is Vescours at the 2023 Census.
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 Vescours
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vescours, 14% of its 110 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 83% 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
33% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
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
The share of second homes tops 90% of compared French towns: 14%. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 7.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 72% of compared French towns grew faster than Vescours: ±0%
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 +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns, at 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vescours 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. With a median age of 44.2, Vescours is older than 51% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns.
At the median, €25,410 a year to live on
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.
At €25,410 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 28% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 2%
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 74% 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
At 43%, the share of married residents is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (221 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Vescours is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vescours | 44.2 | 20% | 14% | 2% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 8.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 10.6 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 10.8 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 11.6 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 13.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 13.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
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 Vescours
What is the population of Vescours?
221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (222).
How old are Vescours’ residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vescours?
15, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vescours?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vescours?
€25,410 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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