Urville is younger than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 34.9
19% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). At the 2023 Census, 779 people lived in Urville, in 280 households. The share of households in social housing stands at 0.4%. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.9% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Urville
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Urville’s residents are under 34.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Urville had 559 residents at the 2012 census and 779 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+39% since 2012, a pace 99% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Here the change came as +20% to 2017, then +16% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Urville 34.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.6%), Urville is below 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 44%
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
12% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.8 people.
1.7% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
Empty homes: 5%, below three quarters of compared French towns. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 38 here (2.6%).
€25,860 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Urville is €25,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Urville sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (18%), Urville is above 72% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.5%, Urville is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 93% 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
Married residents: 44% of the total. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 18% in Urville, less than in 59% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Urville. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 779 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Urville is the youngest (34.9); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Urville, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urville | 34.9 | 14% | 2.6% | 1.4% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 6.4 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 6.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 8 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Ifs 11,937 · 8.5 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Argences 3,959 · 8.9 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Cormelles-le-Royal 5,377 · 9.1 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
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 Urville
What is the population of Urville?
779 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (559).
How old are Urville’s residents?
The median age is 34.9, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Urville?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Urville?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Urville?
€25,860 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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