A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
With households headed by a manual worker at 26%, Les Adjots is ahead of 98% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 538 residents and 230 households in the town. Locally, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). 5.2% of households have no car, a lower share than in 86% 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 Les Adjots
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Adjots, 12% of its 290 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are second homes
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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Les Adjots has fewer empty homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 6.4%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Les Adjots behind 60% 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 Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +2%.
Les Adjots ranks below 62% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Adjots 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. Half of Les Adjots’s residents are under 44, younger than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Les Adjots: 13% of households are single parents, above 87% 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 31% in Les Adjots and 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people. 24% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,440 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 €23,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 51% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 9.4% of 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).
Foreign nationals make up 5.8% in Les Adjots, more than in 63% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 76% 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
For Les Adjots, the census puts single residents at 26%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 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
With adults with no qualification at 23%, Les Adjots is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 538 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Les Adjots is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Adjots | 44 | 20% | 12% | 5.8% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 3.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Civray 2,522 · 6.4 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 16.3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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 Les Adjots
What is the population of Les Adjots?
538 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (526).
How old are Les Adjots’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Adjots?
34, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Adjots?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Adjots?
€23,440 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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