Half of Valgorge is over 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of homes stand empty in Valgorge. Across Valgorge, 53% of households are headed by a retired person. Flats are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 412 residents and 170 households here.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Valgorge
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 260 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valgorge, 59% of its 440 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Valgorge’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Valgorge had 470 residents at the 2012 census and 412 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Valgorge’s households are one person: higher than in 88% of compared French towns; 26% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 59% of its homes
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
One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The share of households in social housing stands at 14%. On households without a car, Valgorge sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 9.8%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
−12% since 2012: slower than 98% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Ardèche. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valgorge 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Valgorge has 32%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 15% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. For Valgorge, the census puts one-person households at 47%.
The median resident lives on €20,660 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Valgorge’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Valgorge ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
Above 59% of compared French towns: 5.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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 Ardèche has 9.3%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 7.1% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 14.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
30% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%).
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 412 to 2,582
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.
Valgorge and its 5 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valgorge | 57.8 | 32% | 59% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 12.5 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 12.7 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 12.8 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 13.2 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 16.4 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Valgorge
What is the population of Valgorge?
412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (470).
How old are Valgorge’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valgorge?
260, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valgorge?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valgorge?
€20,660 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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