A median age of 52: Villevieux is older than 89% of compared French towns
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Villevieux. The town had 705 residents in 340 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.9% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Villevieux
An older town
Half of Villevieux’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Villevieux: −3%
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 Jura town −4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Only 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24 in Villevieux
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villevieux 52. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 21% in Villevieux, less than in 72% 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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 32% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
In Villevieux, 8.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 89% 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
With households without a car at 6.4%, Villevieux is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Across Villevieux, 6.8% of homes are second homes.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,870 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 €26,870 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.4%, below 65% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. The census found that one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Villevieux.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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 Villevieux, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 69% of compared French towns: 45%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Villevieux sits below 67% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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: 18% of the total. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 705 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Villevieux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villevieux | 52 | 27% | 6.8% | 1.7% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 5.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 6.2 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 13.2 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 13.5 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
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 Villevieux
What is the population of Villevieux?
705 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (725).
How old are Villevieux’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villevieux?
26, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villevieux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villevieux?
€26,870 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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