Second homes: 34%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 3.6% in Vignale. On households in social housing, Vignale sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 1%. This Haute-Corse town is home to 222 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Corse 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 Vignale
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 55 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vignale, 34% of its 160 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Vignale’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Vignale had 184 residents at the 2012 census and 222 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 8.2% in Vignale, less than in 90% 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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. On the census count, 8.8% of households have no car.
Vignale’s population changed by +21% since 2012, more than in 91% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +12% in Haute-Corse. Here the change came as −13% to 2017, then +39% to 2023.
A median age of 51.9: Vignale is older than 88% 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
■ Vignale 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Vignale comes in at 28%. Roughly one in ten: 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 16%
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 Haute-Corse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Vignale has 19%. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Median living standard: €24,180 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.
Half of Vignale’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,180 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 35% in Vignale, more than in 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Vignale, 2.5%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Vignale sits above 88% of compared French towns for single residents (33%)
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: 38% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Vignale has 26%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (222 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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).
Vignale is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vignale
What is the population of Vignale?
222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (184).
How old are Vignale’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vignale?
55, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vignale?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vignale?
€24,180 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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