Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Empuré is over 56.3
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.5% in Empuré. More households headed by a retired person than in 99% of compared French towns: 56%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 100, in 49 households. Locally, 7.7% of homes are second homes.
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 Empuré
An older town
Half of Empuré’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Empuré had 113 residents at the 2012 census and 100 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Empuré (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Empuré changed by −12% since 2012
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, +1% in Charente.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.8% in Empuré, less than in 99% 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
■ Empuré 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Empuré, 26% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Empuré sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (22%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of households are couples with children here.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 17% of homes stand empty
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. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Empuré, the census puts households without a car at 6%.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% of compared French towns
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Empuré, 11%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
17% of residents are immigrants, more than in 90% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are foreign nationals here. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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: 14%, 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Empuré has 53%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Empuré ranks below 92% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Empuré. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Empuré and its 4 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Empuré
What is the population of Empuré?
100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (113).
How old are Empuré’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 9.7% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Empuré?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Empuré?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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