Brignon sits below 90% of compared French towns for households in social housing (4.1%)
9.4% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.2% of homes are second homes. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 701 residents and 340 households in Brignon.
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 Brignon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brignon had 801 residents at the 2012 census and 701 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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 −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
Older than 61% of compared French towns: half of Brignon is over 45.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brignon 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Brignon.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 24%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Brignon sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 12% in Brignon, less than in 83% 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
6.4% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,560 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,560 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Brignon: 35% of households are headed by a retired person, above 63% of compared French towns
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
Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.4% in Brignon, less than in 60% 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.
Foreign nationals account for 3.5%. The usual figure: 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 79% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Brignon is below 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Brignon. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (701 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Brignon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignon | 45.7 | 24% | 7.2% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 3 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 5.2 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 8.7 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 8.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 9.6 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 10.2 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
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 Brignon
What is the population of Brignon?
701 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (801).
How old are Brignon’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brignon?
29, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brignon?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brignon?
€23,560 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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