21% of homes in Valvignères are second homes
Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). At 4.8%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Valvignères had 440 residents in 200 households at the 2023 census. For Valvignères, the census puts flats at 7.9%.
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 Valvignères
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valvignères, 21% of its 280 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Valvignères had 477 residents at the 2012 census and 440 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.3% of households have no car, below 78% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 6.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Valvignères sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
−8% since 2012: slower than 94% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardèche town +4%.
A median age of 50: Valvignères is older than 83% 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
■ Valvignères 50. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children
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
Households average 2.2 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. At 9.8%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,100 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Valvignères sits above 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (39%)
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 17% in Valvignères and 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of residents in Valvignères 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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Valvignères (5.7%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3.6%.
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 married residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Valvignères has 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 33% in Valvignères and 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 440 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.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Valvignères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valvignères | 50 | 25% | 21% | 5.7% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 5.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 5.3 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 6.2 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 7.5 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 8.1 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 9.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 Valvignères
What is the population of Valvignères?
440 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (477).
How old are Valvignères’ residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valvignères?
58, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valvignères?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valvignères?
€24,100 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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