69% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Here 6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Census day 2023: 150 residents and 74 households in Flavigny. Locally, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Few places have so few couples with children: 19% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Flavigny
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Flavigny, 13% of its 120 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Flavigny had 204 residents at the 2012 census and 150 in 2023, down 26%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Flavigny’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flavigny ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 25%
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 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in eight here (13%). Few places have so few households without a car: 9.6% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
−26% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −27%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
A median age of 50.7: Flavigny is older than 85% 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
■ Flavigny 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 32% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Flavigny: 38% of households are one person living alone, above 60% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 2 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €22,990 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,990 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 13%, a lower share than 60% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% 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.
The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. For Flavigny, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.2%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Flavigny sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (14%)
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Flavigny has 51%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification: 25%, above 79% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 150 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Flavigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavigny | 50.7 | 32% | 13% | 3% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 7.4 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Avord 2,909 · 8.7 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 11.2 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 12.2 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 13.8 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 14 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
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 Flavigny
What is the population of Flavigny?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% fewer than in 2012 (204).
How old are Flavigny’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Flavigny?
16, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Flavigny?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Flavigny?
€22,990 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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