Half of Néré is over 58, older than 97% of compared French towns
Here 2.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At the 2023 Census, 669 people lived in Néré, in 300 households. The census found that 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the town.
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 Néré
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Néré, 12% of its 450 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Néré’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Néré had 768 residents at the 2012 census and 669 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 100 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 22%, a higher share than 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
7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 12%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. At 11%, households without a car sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Néré changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 −4%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 37% in Néré, more than in 96% 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
■ Néré 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Néré ranks below 84% of compared French towns on couples with children: 17%
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Néré has 32%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.8% of households are single parents.
Standard of living at the median: €22,510 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,510 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Here 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 64% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.9% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 35% of adults out of school have no qualification in Néré. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 669 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
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 Néré
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néré | 58 | 37% | 12% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 13.6 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 15.4 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 16.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Melle 5,752 · 17.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
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 Néré
What is the population of Néré?
669 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (768).
How old are Néré’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Néré?
53, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Néré?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Néré?
€22,510 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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