31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
1.6% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Sannat counted 349 residents and 170 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 2.4%.
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 Sannat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 97 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sannat, 31% of its 310 homes: higher than in 95% 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
Sannat had 396 residents at the 2012 census and 349 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 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.
Sannat ranks above 94% of compared French towns on empty homes: 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
By its share of households without a car (7.1%), Sannat is below 73% of compared French towns. Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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
In two steps, −13% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Creuse.
Sannat sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sannat 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Sannat. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 49.6, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Sannat has 24%.
Median standard of living: €23,980 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 Sannat is €23,980 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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 figure for households headed by a manual worker is 6% in Sannat and 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sannat sits above 69% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6.9%)
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.
Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (6.9%). That is higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 85% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married and 3.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 11% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Sannat sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 349 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
3 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Sannat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Sannat
What is the population of Sannat?
349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (396).
How old are Sannat’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sannat?
97, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sannat?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sannat?
€23,980 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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