Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Eygalayes is over 62.7
Here 56% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 4.1% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put Eygalayes’s population at 89, in 48 households. For Eygalayes, the census puts flats at 1.9%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Eygalayes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Eygalayes, 43% of its 100 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Eygalayes’ residents are under 62.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Eygalayes had 64 residents at the 2012 census and 89 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 43% of its homes
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
The share of empty homes is 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +39% since 2012, faster than 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
The change was +34% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Drôme town +8%.
Eygalayes ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 44%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eygalayes 62.7. The median compared French town: 44.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 44%
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Eygalayes, just over one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 60% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 52% 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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 51% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.7% of residents are immigrants in Eygalayes.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
14% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
The figure for married residents is 51% in Eygalayes and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Eygalayes and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 89 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Eygalayes (62.7), the oldest.
Eygalayes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eygalayes | 62.7 | 44% | 43% | 6.7% |
| Laragne-Montéglin 3,549 · 12.6 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 5.2% | 8.7% |
| Sisteron 7,850 · 17.2 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 6.3% | 12% |
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 Eygalayes
What is the population of Eygalayes?
89 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (64).
How old are Eygalayes’ residents?
The median age is 62.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eygalayes?
44, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eygalayes?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.4%). 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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