Gennetines sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.1%)
The share of households in social housing trails 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%. Across Gennetines, 3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. This Allier town had 615 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census.
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 Gennetines
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gennetines had 686 residents at the 2012 census and 615 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Gennetines behind 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Allier town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Gennetines 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Gennetines is 47.9, higher than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 89% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
By its share of second homes (3.3%), Gennetines is above 65% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €26,740 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.
The median standard of living in Gennetines is €26,740 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 83% 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 retired person make up 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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: 16% 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
By its share of married residents (52%), Gennetines is above 96% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Gennetines
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
For Gennetines, the census puts adults with no qualification at 18%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (615 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Gennetines is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gennetines | 47.9 | 23% | 3.3% | 1% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 4.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 5.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 5.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Decize 4,932 · 13.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 5.3% | 4.3% |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 15.7 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Bourbon-Lancy 4,674 · 17.5 mi | 57.2 | 39% | 14% | 4.3% |
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 Gennetines
What is the population of Gennetines?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (686).
How old are Gennetines’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gennetines?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gennetines?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% 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 Gennetines?
€26,740 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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