Couples with children make up 39% in Viols-en-Laval, more than in 98% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 4.9% in Viols-en-Laval and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Viols-en-Laval, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). 2.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 100 households held 231 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Viols-en-Laval
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Viols-en-Laval’s population changed by +12% since 2012, more than in 74% 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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +16%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 74% 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
■ Viols-en-Laval 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.1, Viols-en-Laval is older than 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 26% in Viols-en-Laval, less than in 91% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 6.2% of homes are second homes
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
23% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The share of empty homes stands at 8.2%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,700 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,700 a year: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Viols-en-Laval sits below 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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 nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Viols-en-Laval has 36%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 13% of the total. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 57% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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.
For Viols-en-Laval, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.7%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 14%, a lower share than 99% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
51% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 94% 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
With adults with no qualification at 11%, Viols-en-Laval is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (231 to 2,582 people), the 19th 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.
Viols-en-Laval sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viols-en-Laval | 46.1 | 26% | 6.2% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 2.8 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Vailhauquès 2,722 · 5.5 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 5.9 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Montarnaud 4,208 · 7.2 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 7.3 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière 5,218 · 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 34% | 4.4% | 5.8% |
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 Viols-en-Laval
What is the population of Viols-en-Laval?
231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (207).
How old are Viols-en-Laval’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viols-en-Laval?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viols-en-Laval?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viols-en-Laval?
€28,700 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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