Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
5.8% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. At 6.7%, the share of second homes is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Contigny’s population at 573, in 260 households. Locally, 2.2% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Contigny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Contigny had 617 residents at the 2012 census and 573 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Contigny’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% 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.
Contigny changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 93% 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 Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −3%.
Contigny is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Contigny 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Contigny, 25% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.6% of households are single parents
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
A fifth of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in Contigny.
A lower share of households without a car than 91% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 9.9%.
€25,870 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,870 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 78% 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
1.9% of Contigny’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 35% by a retired person (32%). On average, 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).
Contigny ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.9%
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 Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In Contigny, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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
50% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Contigny sits below 80% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Across Contigny, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 573 to 2,582 people, the 11th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Contigny, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contigny | 50.8 | 25% | 6.7% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 2.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 5.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 11.9 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 14.6 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 14.8 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 14.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
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 Contigny
What is the population of Contigny?
573 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (617).
How old are Contigny’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Contigny?
21, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Contigny?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Contigny?
€25,870 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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