In Ciran, 0.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Ciran has 2.7%. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are single parents. Census day 2023: 425 residents and 190 households in the town. The census found that 4.3% of households have no car locally.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Ciran
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ciran, 14% of its 230 homes: higher than in 91% 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.
14% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% 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
Turnover: 8.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 4.3% of homes stand empty. By its share of households in social housing (7.4%), Ciran is below nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 83% 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 Indre-et-Loire town +5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A median age of 49: Ciran is older than 79% 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
■ Ciran 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 32% in Ciran. There are 2.2 people in the average household. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,930 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Ciran ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are headed by a retired person in Ciran. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ciran sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.5%)
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Ciran
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Ciran, less 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Ciran has 23%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Ciran sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciran | 49 | 26% | 14% | 0.5% |
| Loches 6,234 · 7.3 mi | 54 | 34% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 10.2 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 12.4 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 12.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 15.2 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 15.5 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
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 Ciran
What is the population of Ciran?
425 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (440).
How old are Ciran’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ciran?
33, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ciran?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ciran?
€23,930 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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