A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns: 7.2%
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Viry comes in at 3.5%. At the 2023 Census, 904 people lived in the town, in 420 households. Households without a car account for 4.5%. Lower than in 75% of compared French towns: 7.3% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Viry behind 79% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Jura town −4%.
Viry is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Viry 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Viry sits higher than 58% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 62% of compared French towns: 28%
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. At 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Flats make up 18% in Viry, less than in 72% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 10% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. 8.9% of homes stand empty, more than in 72% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 2.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,970 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,970 a year: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Viry comes in at 13%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 17% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Viry sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.1%)
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Viry. The usual figure: 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 84% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Viry. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Viry, less than in 76% 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 make up 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (904 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Viry and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viry | 48.4 | 23% | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 2.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 6 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 8.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 11.2 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Péron 2,916 · 11.9 mi | 37.1 | 10% | 6.5% | 25% |
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 Viry
What is the population of Viry?
904 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (926).
How old are Viry’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viry?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viry?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viry?
€28,970 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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