In Plasnes, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Plasnes’s population at 729, in 290 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 43% here. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Plasnes has 8.2%.
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 Plasnes
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Plasnes outgrew 53% of compared French towns: +5%
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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Plasnes sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plasnes 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Plasnes’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Plasnes, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Single-parent households make up 5.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Average household size: 2.5 people.
Only 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Plasnes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Plasnes, 3.9%.
The median resident lives on €26,320 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,320 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Plasnes sits below 69% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.9%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Plasnes has 12%. On average, 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).
Immigrants: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.6%, Plasnes is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 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.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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: 51% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Plasnes sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Plasnes has 21%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 729 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Plasnes is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasnes | 45.2 | 22% | 8.2% | 1.2% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 3.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 5.9 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 8.1 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 10.6 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 12.9 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 15.5 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
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 Plasnes
What is the population of Plasnes?
729 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (691).
How old are Plasnes’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plasnes?
27, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plasnes?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plasnes?
€26,320 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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