1.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.8% in Saint-Vran. Census day 2023: 781 residents and 340 households locally. For Saint-Vran, the census puts flats at 1.9%. Households without a car are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Saint-Vran
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Vran, 12% of its 460 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 65 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. At 12%, the share of second homes is higher than in 89% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 60% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Saint-Vran sits below 72% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Vran 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Saint-Vran is older than 55% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Saint-Vran, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households are single parents
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Higher than in 74% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children. One-person households: 33% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,570 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Vran is €23,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
Here 35% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.4%, a higher share than 76% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%. Across Saint-Vran, 7.2% of residents are immigrants. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, below 79% of compared French towns
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 single residents is 24% in Saint-Vran and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Saint-Vran, less than in 92% 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
Fewer adults with no qualification than in 56% of compared French towns: 18%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Saint-Vran is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vran | 44.7 | 19% | 12% | 7.2% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Le Mené 6,556 · 4.9 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| Plémet 3,764 · 8.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 8.6 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Broons 2,943 · 10.5 mi | 48.9 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand 4,653 · 12.4 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 1.8% | 5.4% |
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 Saint-Vran
What is the population of Saint-Vran?
781 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (764).
How old are Saint-Vran’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Vran?
54, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Vran?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Vran?
€23,570 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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