A median age of 57.5: Aigne is older than 97% of compared French towns
With couples with children at 17%, Aigne is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 301 residents in 150 households. Flats account for 4.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Aigne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aigne, 29% of its 230 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Aigne’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Fewer empty homes than in 88% of compared French towns: 4%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. By its share of households without a car (9.3%), Aigne is below 58% of compared French towns.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Aigne ahead of 75% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aigne 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 40%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
A typical living standard of €21,530 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.
Living standards centre on €21,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Aigne has 6.7%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 (10%), Aigne is above 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Aigne ranks above 71% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 66% 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
Few places have as many adults with no qualification: 20% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (301 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Aigne is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigne | 57.5 | 36% | 29% | 13% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 8.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 9.2 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 9.4 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 11.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 12.5 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Puisserguier 3,078 · 12.5 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
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 Aigne
What is the population of Aigne?
301 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (269).
How old are Aigne’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aigne?
66, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aigne?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aigne?
€21,530 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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