A median age of 52.7: Vergné is older than 90% of compared French towns
The figure for one-person households is 23% in Vergné and 35% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker. The town is home to 172 residents in 73 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 6.3% of homes are flats.
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 Vergné
An older town
Half of Vergné’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Vergné had 142 residents at the 2012 census and 172 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +21% since 2012 puts Vergné ahead of 91% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then +25% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% in Vergné, less than in 73% 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
■ Vergné 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 23%
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 82% 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
Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Vergné (9.7%). Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car.
Median standard of living: €22,460 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.
At €22,460 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 13%, a higher share than 89% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Vergné. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 80% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Vergné has 45%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Vergné, 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over two in five adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (172 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vergné and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergné | 52.7 | 24% | 3.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 9 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 11.2 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 11.7 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 12.3 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Aiffres 5,419 · 15.7 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Magné 2,728 · 16.7 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
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 Vergné
What is the population of Vergné?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (142).
How old are Vergné’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vergné?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vergné?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vergné?
€22,460 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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