Above 90% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
By its share of households without a car (3.9%), Virignin is below 95% of compared French towns. About one in seven: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Virignin (15%). On flats, Virignin sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 8.7%. There were 450 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,144 residents.
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 Virignin
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Virignin had 939 residents at the 2012 census and 1,144 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +22% change since 2012: Virignin grew faster than 92% 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 population moved +17%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Virignin 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Virignin’s residents are under 39.6, younger than in 81% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 89% 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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Virignin has 13%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Second homes make up 5.5% in Virignin, more than in 79% of compared French towns
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 9.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Virignin. About one in 18: that is how common empty homes are in Virignin (5.5%). Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,750 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 €26,750 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 22% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 62% of compared French towns: 12%. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 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).
Virignin: 6.7% of residents are immigrants
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 51% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4% 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.
Virignin sits above 75% of compared French towns for single residents (29%)
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Virignin comes in at 40%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Virignin sits below 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Virignin has 17%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,144 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).
Virignin and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virignin | 39.6 | 15% | 5.5% | 6.7% |
| Belley 9,388 · 2.7 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 2.9 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac 5,216 · 8.6 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 7.6% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 8.9 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Culoz-Béon 3,453 · 9.5 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 6.2% | 15% |
| Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin 7,698 · 9.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 5.3% | 5.6% |
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 Virignin
What is the population of Virignin?
1,144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (939).
How old are Virignin’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Virignin?
28, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Virignin?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Virignin?
€26,750 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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