Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0Sorigny sits above 91% of compared French towns for couples with children (34%)
Flats make up 6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Sorigny had 2,938 residents in 1,180 households at the 2023 Census. For Sorigny, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 6.1%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Sorigny
Growing fast
Sorigny had 2,354 residents at the 2012 census and 2,938 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sorigny has grown +25%, faster than 94% 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 +12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
A median age of 40: Sorigny is younger 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
■ Sorigny 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Sorigny comes in at 9.9%.
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%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 8.1% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 4.6% in Sorigny, less 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
Some 7.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 18% who have been there 30 years or more. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 4.5% of the total. Second homes are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,200 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 €27,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 8.0% of residents are below the line.
More households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 9.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Sorigny, 3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Sorigny
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
The share of married residents tops 87% of compared French towns: 49%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,909 to 2,967 people), the 4th youngest
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 Avord (32.5), the oldest Lalinde (58.7).
Every neighbor is older than Sorigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorigny | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Montbazon 4,874 · 2.9 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 3.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Monts 8,080 · 3.4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Veigné 6,865 · 3.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Esvres 6,294 · 5.3 mi | 42 | 19% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Artannes-sur-Indre 2,795 · 5.3 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
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 Sorigny
What is the population of Sorigny?
2,938 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (2,354).
How old are Sorigny’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sorigny?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sorigny?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sorigny?
€27,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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