29% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 30% in Verpillières-sur-Ource. At the 2023 Census, 108 people lived in the town, in 53 households. In Verpillières-sur-Ource, 5.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Verpillières-sur-Ource
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verpillières-sur-Ource, 29% of its 90 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Verpillières-sur-Ource had 115 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Verpillières-sur-Ource changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 91% 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 first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Half of Verpillières-sur-Ource is over 50.5, older than 85% 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
■ Verpillières-sur-Ource 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Verpillières-sur-Ource has 8.3%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Verpillières-sur-Ource: 30% of households are couples with children, above 75% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households tops 69% of compared French towns: 40%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
A median of €25,040 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 Verpillières-sur-Ource’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 64% of compared French towns: 30%
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. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 34% of residents 15 and over are married
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%; Verpillières-sur-Ource has 20%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Verpillières-sur-Ource sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
With adults with no qualification at 15%, Verpillières-sur-Ource is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 108 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 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Verpillières-sur-Ource
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verpillières-sur-Ource | 50.5 | 22% | 29% | 5.6% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 10.3 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 12.6 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 14.7 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
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 Verpillières-sur-Ource
What is the population of Verpillières-sur-Ource?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (115).
How old are Verpillières-sur-Ource’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verpillières-sur-Ource?
26, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verpillières-sur-Ource?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verpillières-sur-Ource?
€25,040 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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