Puihardy sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.9%)
The share of flats is 2.8%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Puihardy had 58 residents in 27 households at the 2023 Census. Across Puihardy, 29% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.1% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Puihardy
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puihardy, 22% of its 34 homes: higher than in 94% 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
Puihardy had 73 residents at the 2012 census and 58 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Puihardy’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Puihardy sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (22%)
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
Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Puihardy’s population moved −21% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%.
Half of Puihardy is over 52.2, older than 89% 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
■ Puihardy 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Puihardy comes in at 29%. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Only 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Puihardy
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. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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 half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%. On the census count, 6.6% of residents are immigrants. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
63% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns: 34%
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
For Puihardy, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (58 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Puihardy: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puihardy | 52.2 | 21% | 22% | 6.6% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 10.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Benet 4,089 · 11.1 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 12.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 13.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 13.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Chauray 7,221 · 13.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
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 Puihardy
What is the population of Puihardy?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (73).
How old are Puihardy’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puihardy?
8, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puihardy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.3%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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