Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
10% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The census found that 25% of residents are 65 or over in Potigny. Higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 37% of households are one person living alone. Census day 2023: 2,089 residents and 930 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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.
Potigny grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
9.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 68% 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
■ Potigny 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Potigny’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
930 households; 37% are one person
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Higher than in 51% of compared French towns: 10% of households are single parents. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 65% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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
With empty homes at 8.1%, Potigny is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Across Potigny, 1.4% of homes are second homes. On households without a car, Potigny sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 11%.
A median of €23,260 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 residents live in households above €23,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Potigny sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (25%)
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Potigny, 31%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 90% of compared French towns
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.2%), Potigny is below 91% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
In Potigny, 37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns
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
Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Potigny sits below 89% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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 23%, Potigny is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,089 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Potigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potigny | 44.3 | 25% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 5.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 10.3 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 10.7 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 11 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 11.2 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Argences 3,959 · 11.3 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
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 Potigny
What is the population of Potigny?
2,089 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,886).
How old are Potigny’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Potigny?
14, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Potigny?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Potigny?
€23,260 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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