2% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone here. The 2023 Census put Vieure’s population at 277, in 120 households. For Vieure, the census puts households in social housing at 3.4%. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 39% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
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 Vieure
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vieure, 23% of its 200 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes make up about one in six here (18%). 6.8% of households have no car, a lower share than in 75% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 65% 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
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 66% 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
■ Vieure 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 80% of compared French towns: 12%. On top of that, the median age in Vieure is 45.8, higher than in 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, more than in 81% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 8.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Median living standard: €23,100 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.
At €23,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Vieure, more than in 71% of compared French towns
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 5.1% of residents are immigrants in Vieure
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 62% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 20 here (5.1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vieure sits below 61% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
Compared with other places, married residents are common here: 44%, more than in 59% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Vieure, less than in 78% 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
In Vieure, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 277 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Vieure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieure | 45.8 | 25% | 23% | 5.1% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 15.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 16.2 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 17.5 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 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 Vieure
What is the population of Vieure?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (274).
How old are Vieure’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vieure?
46, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vieure?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vieure?
€23,100 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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