Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Végennes is over 59.1
Here 4% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. At the 2023 Census, 171 people lived in Végennes, in 95 households. For Végennes, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 48%. Fewer couples with children than in 99% of compared French towns: 9.5%.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Végennes
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Végennes, 35% of its 170 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Végennes’ residents are under 59.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 35%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
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
Here 8.4% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Across Végennes, 6.1% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +5% change since 2012: faster than 50% 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
The median Corrèze town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six −6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.4%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Végennes 59.1. The median compared French town: 44.
39% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 43%
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 9.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,140 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.
At €23,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
4.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 97% 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. The wider picture: 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).
Only 4.5% of residents are immigrants in Végennes
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.
Put another way, about one in 26: 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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, Végennes has 45%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Végennes, less than in 71% 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
Locally, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 171 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.
Végennes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Végennes | 59.1 | 39% | 35% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 11 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 12.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 13.5 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 13.9 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 14.5 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 15.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
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 Végennes
What is the population of Végennes?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (163).
How old are Végennes’ residents?
The median age is 59.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Végennes?
59, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Végennes?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Végennes?
€23,140 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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