Aiguèze sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (46%)
In Aiguèze, 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 212 residents in 110 households. For Aiguèze, the census puts couples with children at 13%. 48% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Aiguèze
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aiguèze, 46% of its 260 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 67% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Aiguèze’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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
Empty homes: 11%, above 83% of compared French towns. For Aiguèze, the census puts flats at 22%.
From 2012 to 2023, 77% of compared French towns grew faster than Aiguèze: −2%
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
The median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −1%.
A median age of 53.2: Aiguèze 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
■ Aiguèze 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, above 87% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Aiguèze ranks above 66% of compared French towns on one-person households: 39%
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Aiguèze. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
€24,110 a year: the median standard of living
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 €24,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (48%)
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. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Aiguèze (8.7%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 80% 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 median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants stands at 5.7%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 45% in Aiguèze, more than in 62% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Aiguèze: 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 61% 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
Here, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 212 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Aiguèze is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguèze | 53.2 | 31% | 46% | 5.7% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 5.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 6.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 6.9 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 9 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 9.3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
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 Aiguèze
What is the population of Aiguèze?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (216).
How old are Aiguèze’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aiguèze?
120, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aiguèze?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aiguèze?
€24,110 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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