A median age of 59: Vers-sur-Méouge is older than 98% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 7.9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. There were 19 households in Vers-sur-Méouge at the 2023 Census, home to 42 residents. Across Vers-sur-Méouge, 13% of homes stand empty. Three in five households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 99% 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 Vers-sur-Méouge
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vers-sur-Méouge, 34% of its 36 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 ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Vers-sur-Méouge’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vers-sur-Méouge had 44 residents at the 2012 census and 42 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 34%
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. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 10% of households have no car.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Vers-sur-Méouge behind 86% 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
Residents aged 15 to 24: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Vers-sur-Méouge 59. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Vers-sur-Méouge has 30%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
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 the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Vers-sur-Méouge, 40%. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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. Across the comparison, 9.4% of 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).
0% of Vers-sur-Méouge’s residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 11% of residents 15 and over are single in Vers-sur-Méouge
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 54% in Vers-sur-Méouge and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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 graduates of higher education tops 74% of compared French towns: 38%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (42 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vers-sur-Méouge and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vers-sur-Méouge | 59 | 30% | 34% | 0% |
| Laragne-Montéglin 3,549 · 14.3 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 5.2% | 8.7% |
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 Vers-sur-Méouge
What is the population of Vers-sur-Méouge?
42 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (44).
How old are Vers-sur-Méouge’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vers-sur-Méouge?
12, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vers-sur-Méouge?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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