Servanches is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.5
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 76 people lived in Servanches, in 40 households. Here, 5.1% of households have no car. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 44% locally.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Servanches
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Servanches, 18% of its 64 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Servanches’ residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Servanches had 89 residents at the 2012 census and 76 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With second homes at 18%, Servanches is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Servanches’s population moved −15% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 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
■ Servanches 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Servanches sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (22%)
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Servanches sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 22%.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% 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).
Servanches ranks above 87% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 12%
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Servanches has 12%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. The wider picture: 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.
A higher share of married residents than 82% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
28% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Servanches, less than in 71% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Servanches, 32%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 76 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Servanches is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servanches | 58.5 | 36% | 18% | 12% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 7.2 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 8 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 11.3 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 11.9 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 12 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 14.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
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 Servanches
What is the population of Servanches?
76 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (89).
How old are Servanches’ residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Servanches?
12, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Servanches?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (12%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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