A smaller share of households in social housing than 89% of compared French towns: 4.2%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. At 4.7%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Vergt had 1,773 residents in 860 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in five: 20% of households are couples with children.
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.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Vergt ahead of 67% 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 Dordogne town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Only 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vergt
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vergt 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Vergt’s residents are over 47.8, older than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 64% of compared French towns: 38% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Vergt, 8.3% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
Only 23% of homes are flats in Vergt
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 empty homes at 5.3%, Vergt is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Still, 3.4% of homes are second homes, more than in 66% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households without a car come to 12% locally, about one in ten.
Standard of living at the median: €22,940 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 Vergt is €22,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Vergt, 17%. As a reference point, 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).
Vergt: 8.5% of residents are foreign nationals, above 76% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Vergt has 8%. The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Fewer single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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
In Vergt, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Vergt, less than in 79% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,773 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Vergt, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergt | 47.8 | 27% | 3.4% | 8% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 6.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 9.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 10.2 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 10.9 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 10.9 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 12 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
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 Vergt
What is the population of Vergt?
1,773 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,624).
How old are Vergt’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vergt?
32, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vergt?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vergt?
€22,940 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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