60% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
59 residents in 26 households: that is Veilly at the 2023 Census. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Veilly
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Veilly, 20% of its 37 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Veilly had 65 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Veilly’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% 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.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. The share of empty homes stands at 11%.
Veilly’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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
Here the change came as −37% to 2017, then +44% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −2% in Côte-d'Or.
A median age of 50.8: Veilly 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
■ Veilly 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Veilly has 28%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Lower than in 74% of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker
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. Against that, 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).
In Veilly, 3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.9%, Veilly is behind 80% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
Veilly 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
The figure for married residents is 53% in Veilly and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 59 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Veilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veilly | 50.8 | 28% | 20% | 3.8% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 13.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 16.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 16.9 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
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 Veilly
What is the population of Veilly?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (65).
How old are Veilly’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Veilly?
7, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Veilly?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.9%). 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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