2.8% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Corignac, 22%. Flats are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Corignac was home to 326 people in 150 households. On the census count, 48% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Corignac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Corignac had 357 residents at the 2012 census and 326 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Corignac changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Corignac is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corignac 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Corignac. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 23% in Corignac, less than in 61% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 2.5% of its homes
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. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. 7.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€25,300 a year: the median standard of living
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 Corignac is €25,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns: 28%
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. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Corignac ranks below 87% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.5%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Corignac sits below 96% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 326 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Corignac: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corignac | 50.3 | 26% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 2.7 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 7.2 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 7.6 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 9.5 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 11 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 11.1 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
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 Corignac
What is the population of Corignac?
326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (357).
How old are Corignac’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corignac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corignac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corignac?
€25,300 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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