A median age of 53.8: Assigny is older than 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in 53 here (1.9%). Assigny had 159 residents in 81 households at the 2023 census. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 41% in Assigny and 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Assigny
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Assigny, 32% of its 150 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Assigny’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Assigny ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 32%
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
In Assigny, 13% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.7%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 67% of compared French towns grew faster than Assigny: +1%
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
Over those years, the median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.4% 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
■ Assigny 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 41%, a higher share than 74% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Assigny, 24%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Single-parent households account for 12%.
€24,020 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of Assigny’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Assigny ranks above 63% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 12%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Assigny. As a yardstick, 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 foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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.
The share of immigrants is 4.8%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Assigny ranks above 84% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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 make up about one in four here (24%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Assigny. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 159 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.
2 of 4 neighbors are older than Assigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assigny | 53.8 | 34% | 32% | 4.8% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 8.7 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 10.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Briare 4,911 · 14.6 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Aubigny-sur-Nère 5,451 · 15.2 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
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 Assigny
What is the population of Assigny?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (158).
How old are Assigny’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Assigny?
47, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Assigny?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Assigny?
€24,020 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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