Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.9% of households are couples with children
The figure for households without a car is 3% in Piégon and 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 4% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 240, in 120 households.
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 Piégon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Piégon, 29% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Piégon’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Piégon had 262 residents at the 2012 census and 240 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Piégon sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (29%)
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 tops 62% of compared French towns: 7.8%. Here, 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Piégon changed by −8% since 2012
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 population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Half of Piégon is over 54.7, older than 94% 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
■ Piégon 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
33% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 5.7% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Piégon sits below 54% of compared French towns for one-person households (34%)
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. The census found that 9.1% of households are single parents in Piégon. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Median standard of living: €24,090 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 Piégon is €24,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Piégon ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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: 16%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third 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).
Immigrants make up 6% of Piégon’s residents
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 lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Piégon (6%). At 4%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 53% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Piégon, about three in ten. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 240 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).
Piégon is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piégon | 54.7 | 33% | 29% | 6% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 4.1 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 4.6 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 8.1 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 8.7 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 11.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 6% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 12.4 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
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 Piégon
What is the population of Piégon?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (262).
How old are Piégon’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Piégon?
53, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Piégon?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Piégon?
€24,090 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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