A median age of 53: Vilory is older than 91% of compared French towns
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Vilory counted 68 residents and 30 households at the 2023 Census. For Vilory, the census puts flats at 2.7%. Here 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Vilory
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vilory had 83 residents at the 2012 census and 68 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vilory’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −18% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −22%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12% in Vilory, more than in 71% 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
■ Vilory 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 51% of compared French towns: 22%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Vilory ranks above 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 17%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Vilory sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33%.
More empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 53%. In the median compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; here, one in 15.
In Vilory, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
Vilory: 0% of residents are immigrants
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 Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 29% in Vilory, more than in 73% 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
Here 46% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 13% in Vilory, less than in 99% 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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (68 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Vilory
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilory | 53 | 22% | 2.7% | 0% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 7.6 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 9.2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 9.2 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 9.4 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 11.3 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
| Lure 7,877 · 12.7 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 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 Vilory
What is the population of Vilory?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (83).
How old are Vilory’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vilory?
1, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vilory?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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