Only 1.3% of homes are flats in Ligré
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (6.4%), Ligré is below 98% of compared French towns. Here, 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 5% of households are single parents. The town had 1,068 residents in 500 households at the 2023 census.
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 Ligré
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ligré, 11% of its 610 homes: higher than in 88% 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 Ligré’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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
Second homes make up 11%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 29% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.7% moved in within the last two years.
Ligré’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 63% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then ±0% to 2023. Over those years, the median Indre-et-Loire town changed +5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Ligré is over 52.8, older than 90% 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
■ Ligré 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 80% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Ligré sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€25,410 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,410 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Ligré: 43% of households are headed by a retired person, above 89% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Ligré comes in at 12%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ligré sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.4%)
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.6%, Ligré is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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.
Single residents: 17%, 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 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 five here (20%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
Ligré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligré | 52.8 | 31% | 11% | 2.4% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 3.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 6.4 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 11.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Bourgueil 3,631 · 12.1 mi | 52 | 31% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
| Azay-le-Rideau 3,438 · 13.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 10% | 5% |
| Langeais 4,367 · 15.3 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 2.5% | 5.6% |
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 Ligré
What is the population of Ligré?
1,068 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,052).
How old are Ligré’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ligré?
66, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ligré?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ligré?
€25,410 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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