Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. La Saunière had 663 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are couples with children. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.5% of homes are second homes.
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.
La Saunière changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 57% 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 first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, +9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Saunière 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Saunière’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 75% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. On single-parent households, La Saunière sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 14%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 82% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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
Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town. 8.4% of homes stand empty.
€25,110 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,110 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.8% in La Saunière, less than in 99% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 28%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in La Saunière.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
Here 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in La Saunière, less than in 82% 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 married residents is 41% in La Saunière and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education make up 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 663 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than La Saunière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Saunière | 40.8 | 17% | 7.5% | 1.7% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 2.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 4.4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 16.3 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 La Saunière
What is the population of La Saunière?
663 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (643).
How old are La Saunière’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Saunière?
24, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Saunière?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Saunière?
€25,110 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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