Flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 50.2, Gimeux is older than 84% of compared French towns. There were 320 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 742 residents. Here, 2.8% of households have no car. Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Gimeux has 23%.
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.
Gimeux changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 62% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gimeux 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Gimeux has 28%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Gimeux has 7.7%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are couples with children.
Fewer empty homes than 81% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.5% of homes are second homes. Some 5.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 38% who have been there 30 years or more.
A median of €29,170 a year per consumption unit
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 €29,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 65% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.9% in Gimeux. By way of comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 51% in Gimeux, more than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Gimeux comes in at 20%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Gimeux ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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 17% in Gimeux. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 742 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Gimeux, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gimeux | 50.2 | 28% | 1.5% | 3.2% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 3.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 7.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Pons 4,343 · 9.7 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 9.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 11.2 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 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 Gimeux
What is the population of Gimeux?
742 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (728).
How old are Gimeux’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gimeux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gimeux?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gimeux?
€29,170 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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