5.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 1.3%, below 98% of compared French towns. 171 residents in 72 households: that is Lavignac at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.2% of homes are flats. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Lavignac
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lavignac, 12% of its 84 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.5% of households have no car
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
12% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Locally, 2.4% of homes stand empty. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 80% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Vienne town +1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Half of Lavignac is over 45.5, older than 60% 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
■ Lavignac 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Lavignac sits below 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (6.2%), Lavignac is below 95% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Households average 2.4 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,620 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.
At €24,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Lavignac sits above 66% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (12%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Lavignac has 12%. Typically, 9.4% of 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).
Lavignac sits below 60% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.3%)
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Lavignac. For 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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 married residents (46%), Lavignac is above 71% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
8.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 98% 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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (171 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).
Lavignac is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavignac | 45.5 | 24% | 12% | 5.3% |
| Nexon 2,548 · 4.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
| Bosmie-l'Aiguille 2,667 · 5.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 2.3% | 4% |
| Aixe-sur-Vienne 5,890 · 5.6 mi | 47.3 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Isle 7,995 · 7.4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 1.8% | 6.7% |
| Condat-sur-Vienne 5,281 · 7.6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.2% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 8.9 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
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 Lavignac
What is the population of Lavignac?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (150).
How old are Lavignac’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavignac?
10, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavignac?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavignac?
€24,620 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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