In Rigny, 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. About one in 20: that is how common single-parent households are in Rigny (4.9%). Fewer flats than in 87% of compared French towns: 10%. The town had 636 residents in 300 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Rigny outgrew 51% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Haute-Saône.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29% in Rigny, more than in 84% 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
■ Rigny 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Rigny’s residents are over 47.3, older than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, below 73% 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-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Rigny, 5.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 78% 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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Rigny, 6.7% of households have no car. Empty homes are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,250 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 residents live in households above €26,250 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Rigny, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 87% 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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.4%), Rigny is below 87% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Rigny. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Rigny 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 636 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Rigny and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigny | 47.3 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.2% |
| Gray 5,365 · 2.7 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 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 Rigny
What is the population of Rigny?
636 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (605).
How old are Rigny’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rigny?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rigny?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rigny?
€26,250 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.