7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 97% of compared French towns
Here two in five households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Virey-sous-Bar had 588 residents in 280 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 9.3% of homes are flats here. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 9.4% of homes stand empty.
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 Virey-sous-Bar
Fewer residents than in 2012
Virey-sous-Bar had 632 residents at the 2012 census and 588 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 93% 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, −2% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
Virey-sous-Bar is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Virey-sous-Bar 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Virey-sous-Bar.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Virey-sous-Bar sits below 61% of compared French towns for couples with children (23%)
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 average household has 2.1 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9% here, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. By contrast, in the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Virey-sous-Bar, 36%.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 15% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
5.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households have no car in Virey-sous-Bar.
A median standard of living of €23,160 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 median standard of living in Virey-sous-Bar is €23,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Elsewhere, 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 2.5% of residents are immigrants in Virey-sous-Bar
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.2% in Virey-sous-Bar. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, two in five residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Virey-sous-Bar has 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 588 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Virey-sous-Bar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virey-sous-Bar | 50.1 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 12.5 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 13.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 13.8 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 13.9 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 15 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
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 Virey-sous-Bar
What is the population of Virey-sous-Bar?
588 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (632).
How old are Virey-sous-Bar’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Virey-sous-Bar?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Virey-sous-Bar?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Virey-sous-Bar?
€23,160 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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