A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon comes in at 6.6%. Census day 2023: 2,026 residents and 910 households here. Empty homes: 3.4% of the total. At 40%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 83% 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 Vignoux-sur-Barangeon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon had 2,144 residents at the 2012 census and 2,026 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Vignoux-sur-Barangeon behind 90% 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
Over those years, the median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 76% of compared French towns: half of Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is over 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vignoux-sur-Barangeon 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 30%
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
The share of single-parent households is 8.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Second homes make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
Median standard of living: €26,250 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 €26,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 9.0%.
Only 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon
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 manual worker: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, below 74% 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 74% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
With married residents at 49%, Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon sits below 69% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
Put another way, about one in five: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,026 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vignoux-sur-Barangeon | 48.3 | 26% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 4.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 5.8 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 10.7 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 11.2 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 11.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
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 Vignoux-sur-Barangeon
What is the population of Vignoux-sur-Barangeon?
2,026 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,144).
How old are Vignoux-sur-Barangeon’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon?
37, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vignoux-sur-Barangeon?
€26,250 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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