Glénic sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (21%)
Flats make up 2.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 1.7% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Glénic’s population at 625, in 290 households. On the census count, 39% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Glénic
Empty homes
The census found 90 homes empty (21%): 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 change of −1% since 2012 leaves Glénic behind 74% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Glénic is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Glénic 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 64% of compared French towns: 24%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 22% in Glénic, less than in 65% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Glénic has more single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns, at 12%. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Glénic has 39%.
Second homes: 9%, a higher share than 87% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Glénic has fewer households without a car than 77% of compared French towns, at 6.5%. Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Median standard of living: €25,820 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 €25,820 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Glénic sits above 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (15%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.5%. As a yardstick, 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).
Glénic ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 22% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Glénic comes in at 40%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Glénic. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 625 to 2,582 people, 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.
Glénic sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glénic | 47.5 | 24% | 9% | 2.9% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 4.7 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Glénic
What is the population of Glénic?
625 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (631).
How old are Glénic’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Glénic?
38, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Glénic?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Glénic?
€25,820 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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