In La Vergne, 0.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 611 residents and 280 households in La Vergne. Locally, 4.8% of households have no car. 5.3% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 La Vergne
An older town
Half of La Vergne’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 66% of compared French towns grew faster than La Vergne: +1%
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 those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +4% to 2023.
Half of La Vergne is over 53.1, older than 91% 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
■ La Vergne 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, La Vergne has 27%. Locally, 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
La Vergne sits below 88% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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 2.1 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children.
Households in social housing: 1.8%, a lower share than 97% 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
In La Vergne, 5.8% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in ten here (9.8%). For comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,640 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 La Vergne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
La Vergne ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 1.8% of La Vergne’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 38% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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 make up 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
La Vergne ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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 La Vergne, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 611 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around La Vergne, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vergne | 53.1 | 27% | 5.8% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 2.5 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 13.4 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 14.8 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 15.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 15.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 15.8 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
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 La Vergne
What is the population of La Vergne?
611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (605).
How old are La Vergne’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Vergne?
19, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Vergne?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Vergne?
€25,640 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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