Champagne-Vigny sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
5.3% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Champagne-Vigny had 234 residents in 97 households at the 2023 Census. In Champagne-Vigny, 4.1% of households have no car. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.5%, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Champagne-Vigny
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Champagne-Vigny had 260 residents at the 2012 census and 234 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Champagne-Vigny changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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
The change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champagne-Vigny 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Champagne-Vigny is 42.3, lower than in 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 8.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,720 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.
Living standards centre on €24,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Champagne-Vigny, 35%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Champagne-Vigny sits below 95% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.7%)
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 has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 2.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Champagne-Vigny sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 234 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Champagne-Vigny, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagne-Vigny | 42.3 | 19% | 2.6% | 1.7% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 5.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 7.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 7.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 9.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 9.9 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 11.3 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
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 Champagne-Vigny
What is the population of Champagne-Vigny?
234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (260).
How old are Champagne-Vigny’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champagne-Vigny?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champagne-Vigny?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champagne-Vigny?
€24,720 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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