1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 2.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 289 residents in Vichères, living in 130 households. The census found that 27% of households are one person living alone here. On empty homes, Vichères sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 2.8%.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Vichères
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vichères, 28% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vichères had 316 residents at the 2012 census and 289 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vichères’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vichères: 28% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
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
5.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vichères has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure-et-Loir.
A median age of 53: Vichères is older than 91% 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
■ Vichères 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 28%, more than in 80% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Vichères ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.8%
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,640 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.
At €24,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Vichères sits above 62% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (35%)
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.7%, Vichères is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Vichères comes in at 0.3%. As a reference point, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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 Vichères and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns
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 adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 289 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Vichères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vichères | 53 | 28% | 28% | 0.3% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 5.6 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 9.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 12.5 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Brou 3,230 · 12.5 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 13 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 15.2 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
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 Vichères
What is the population of Vichères?
289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (316).
How old are Vichères’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vichères?
53, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vichères?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vichères?
€24,640 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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