Naves sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (27%)
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Naves was home to 146 people in 71 households. Across Naves, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households without a car is 4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Naves
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Naves, 27% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Naves had 115 residents at the 2012 census and 146 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Naves’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Naves, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 83% 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
Turnover: 17% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Naves has grown +27%, faster than 95% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and +23% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Allier.
A median age of 51.8: Naves is older than 88% 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
■ Naves 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Naves comes in at 9.7%. Across Naves, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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
The average household has 2.1 people. Fewer couples with children than in 74% of compared French towns: 20%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. One-person households: 33%, below nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €23,700 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Only 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Naves
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Naves has 6.7%. As a reference point, 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).
7.1% of Naves’ 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. The census found that 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Naves.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 71% 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
Naves has fewer single residents than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Naves, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 60% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Older than Naves: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naves | 51.8 | 26% | 27% | 7.1% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 6.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 11.4 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 12.6 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 13.1 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 14.6 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 15.5 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
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 Naves
What is the population of Naves?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (115).
How old are Naves’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Naves?
30, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Naves?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Naves?
€23,700 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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