6.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
4.7% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Gervans had 545 residents in 240 households at the 2023 census. Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 3.8%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
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.
Since 2012, Gervans has changed by −4%, slower than 83% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Drôme town +8%.
A median age of 46.2: Gervans is older than 65% 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
■ Gervans 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%. In Gervans, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Gervans has 28%. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
92% of homes are houses
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
6.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 2.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€27,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €27,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 69% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Gervans comes in at 30%. This Drôme town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 56% of compared French towns, at 8.5%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Gervans ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.5%), Gervans is below 87% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 83% 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 46% in Gervans and 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Gervans sits below 58% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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
Across Gervans, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 545 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Gervans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gervans | 46.2 | 22% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 2.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 3.4 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 3.9 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 5 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 6.6 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 7.4 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
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 Gervans
What is the population of Gervans?
545 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (565).
How old are Gervans’ residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gervans?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gervans?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gervans?
€27,940 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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