Households without a car: 1.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
2.5% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). On the census count, 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have so few one-person households: 23% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Le Val-David was home to 664 people in 300 households.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Le Val-David
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Val-David had 756 residents at the 2012 census and 664 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Val-David’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Val-David: −12%
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 −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Le Val-David is over 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Val-David 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Le Val-David.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Le Val-David ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.2%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are couples with children in Le Val-David. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%. 4.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 72% of compared French towns. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
€29,530 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.
Living standards centre on €29,530 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manager or professional make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Le Val-David, 13% 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).
In Le Val-David, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 97% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Le Val-David, 2.4%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Le Val-David sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (13%)
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%, above 98% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Le Val-David ranks below 71% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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 Le Val-David, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 664 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Le Val-David
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Val-David | 51.8 | 26% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Guichainville 3,087 · 3.2 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 0.9% | 8.9% |
| Évreux 49,360 · 5.1 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 1.7% | 18% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 5.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Gravigny 4,012 · 5.8 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 7.9% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 6.2 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 5,524 · 7.6 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 1.5% | 6.4% |
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 Le Val-David
What is the population of Le Val-David?
664 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (756).
How old are Le Val-David’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Val-David?
13, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Val-David?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Val-David?
€29,530 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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