Flats make up 0.7% in Vou, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Vou has 4.5%. At 3.7%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 247, in 110 households. 3.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Vou
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vou, 11% of its 150 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Vou’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vou ranks above 93% of compared French towns on empty homes: 14%
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
7.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Vou sits higher than 89% of compared French towns: 11%.
Vou grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 53% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +5% in Indre-et-Loire. Here the change came as −15% to 2017, then +24% to 2023.
Vou is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vou 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Vou has 26%.
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%.
Fewer one-person households than 68% of compared French towns: 32%
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 here average 2.2 people each. On couples with children, Vou sits higher than 62% of compared French towns: 28%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,360 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.
Half of Vou’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 18%, a higher share than 85% 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 Vou comes in at 18%. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 40: that is how common foreign nationals are in Vou (2.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vou sits below 96% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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: 50%, above 91% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 247 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Vou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vou | 51.8 | 26% | 11% | 2.9% |
| Loches 6,234 · 7.1 mi | 54 | 34% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 10.6 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 10.6 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 11.1 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 13.1 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Esvres 6,294 · 14.3 mi | 42 | 19% | 2% | 4.7% |
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 Vou
What is the population of Vou?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (234).
How old are Vou’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vou?
17, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vou?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vou?
€25,360 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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