A town of second homes: 52% of its homes
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Valouse, 2.4% of residents are 15 to 24. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 41, in 18 households. Households headed by a manager or professional: 25%, above 94% 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.
What stands out about the people of Valouse
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valouse, 52% of its 38 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Valouse’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in two in Valouse is a second home
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Valouse outgrew 63% of compared French towns: +8%
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 −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Valouse is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valouse 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Valouse sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 50%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 50% in Valouse, more than in 99% 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
A quarter of Valouse’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 25% by a retired person (32%). To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Valouse, 15% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 92% 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 share of immigrants tops 85% of compared French towns: 15%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 70% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Across Valouse, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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 Valouse, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 41 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.
Valouse sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valouse | 49.5 | 22% | 52% | 15% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 7.2 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 7.8 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 11.1 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 15.8 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 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 Valouse
What is the population of Valouse?
41 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (38).
How old are Valouse’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valouse?
20, with occasional dwellings: 52% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valouse?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (15%). 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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