A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
Households in social housing: 2.9%, below 94% of compared French towns. About one in 19: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Le Brignon (5.2%). Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 617 people lived locally, in 280 households.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Brignon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Brignon, 24% of its 470 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 72 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
One household in 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 6.7% in Le Brignon. Empty homes are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 57% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Haute-Loire town +2%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
Le Brignon is older than 54% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Brignon 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Le Brignon, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 7.2% in Le Brignon, less than in 88% of compared French towns
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-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Le Brignon.
Standard of living at the median: €22,310 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,310 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 62% of compared French towns: 35%
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: 12%, below 62% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
Le Brignon ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. On average, 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.
Le Brignon ranks below 80% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Locally, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 67% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Le Brignon, about two in ten. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 617 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Le Brignon, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Brignon | 44.7 | 21% | 24% | 2.1% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 6.4 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 7.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 8.5 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 9.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 9.4 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 9.5 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
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 Brignon
What is the population of Le Brignon?
617 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (599).
How old are Le Brignon’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Brignon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Brignon?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Brignon?
€22,310 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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