Households without a car make up 1.9% in Genté, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children make up 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of homes are flats, or about one in 59. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Genté’s population at 924, in 400 households.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Genté: +3%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A median age of 48.2: Genté is older than 75% 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
■ Genté 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, below 85% of compared French towns. Genté has more residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns, at 26%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
3.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 figure for one-person households is 25% in Genté and 35% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 70% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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
3.6% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,530 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 €27,530 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 10%. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. In Genté, 3.1% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Genté, 49%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 924 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Genté sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genté | 48.2 | 26% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 3.4 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 4.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 7.3 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 8.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Pons 4,343 · 12.2 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 12.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
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 Genté
What is the population of Genté?
924 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (901).
How old are Genté’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genté?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genté?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genté?
€27,530 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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