1.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
Flats: 1.7% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Orbigny sits lower than 82% of compared French towns: 5.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 712, in 340 households. About one in 16: that is how common households without a car are in Orbigny (6.1%).
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 Orbigny
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orbigny, 17% of its 460 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Orbigny had 755 residents at the 2012 census and 712 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.1% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Orbigny: −6%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 46.6: Orbigny is older than 67% 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
■ Orbigny 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Orbigny, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 51% 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
Households average 2.1 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,470 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 €23,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 64% of compared French towns: 16%
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Orbigny (32%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Orbigny, 2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns
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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Against that, 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.
Fewer single residents than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Fewer married residents than in 58% of compared French towns: 42%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
In Orbigny, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 92% 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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Orbigny, 23%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 712 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Orbigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbigny | 46.6 | 24% | 17% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 6.8 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 8.8 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 2,710 · 9 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 3,611 · 9.6 mi | 57.5 | 39% | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| Loches 6,234 · 13 mi | 54 | 34% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Bléré 5,352 · 13.7 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
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 Orbigny
What is the population of Orbigny?
712 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (755).
How old are Orbigny’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orbigny?
78, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orbigny?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orbigny?
€23,470 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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