Only 1.8% of homes are flats in Val des Vignes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5% of the total. 1,352 residents in 560 households: that is Val des Vignes at the 2023 Census. Empty homes make up 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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.
Val des Vignes’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 70% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Val des Vignes: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 81% 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
■ Val des Vignes 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Val des Vignes is 48, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 76% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 29% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 6.4% of its 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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Val des Vignes has 6.4%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.2% moved in within the last two years.
The median resident lives on €24,950 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 €24,950 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 89% 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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 39% in Val des Vignes and 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.1% of residents are immigrants in Val des Vignes
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 21 here (4.8%). The usual figure: 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Val des Vignes
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Val des Vignes has 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Val des Vignes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val des Vignes | 48 | 28% | 6.4% | 5.1% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 6.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 6.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 7.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 8.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 10.9 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 12.3 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
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 Val des Vignes
What is the population of Val des Vignes?
1,352 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,352).
How old are Val des Vignes’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val des Vignes?
43, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val des Vignes?
INSEE counts 69 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val des Vignes?
€24,950 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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