Half of Verneuil is over 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are one person living alone. Verneuil counted 92 residents and 45 households at the 2023 Census. Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of homes are flats here.
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 Verneuil
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verneuil, 29% of its 69 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Verneuil (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 25% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 24% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Verneuil’s residents are under 58.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Verneuil had 96 residents at the 2012 census and 92 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 29% 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
Nothing unusual on empty homes: 5.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.2% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Verneuil changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 85% 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: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Only 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Verneuil
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verneuil 58.7. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A lower share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Average household size: 2 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Verneuil sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 13%.
In Verneuil, 63% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
25% of residents are immigrants, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 24%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 63% in Verneuil, more than in 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
Single residents: 13% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 75% 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
Here nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 92 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Verneuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verneuil | 58.7 | 36% | 29% | 25% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 7.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 8.8 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 12.3 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 12.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 15.4 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 16.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
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 Verneuil
What is the population of Verneuil?
92 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (96).
How old are Verneuil’s residents?
The median age is 58.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verneuil?
20, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verneuil?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 25% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (24%). 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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