Couples with children make up 38% in Viger, more than in 98% of compared French towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 4.8%, Viger is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 141 residents in 61 households. Here, 2.7% of homes stand empty. 7.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Viger
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Viger, 16% of its 75 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.2% of households have no car, below 98% 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
16% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Viger outgrew 52% 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, +4% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Hautes-Pyrénées.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 65% 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
■ Viger 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.5, Viger is older than three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 31% in Viger, less than in 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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
The median resident lives on €22,300 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €22,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Viger.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
12% of residents are immigrants, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Viger ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 12%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married in Viger. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 make up about one in six here (18%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 141 to 2,582 people
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.
Viger is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viger | 45.5 | 25% | 16% | 12% |
| Lourdes 13,266 · 2.3 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 12% | 16% |
| Argelès-Gazost 2,761 · 4.7 mi | 59.7 | 41% | 27% | 5.1% |
| Pontacq 2,925 · 9.1 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Juillan 3,999 · 10 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2.1% | 5.2% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 10.2 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Odos 3,265 · 10.6 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
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 Viger
What is the population of Viger?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (134).
How old are Viger’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viger?
12, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viger?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viger?
€22,300 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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