0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 41% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.2% of homes are flats. Couples with children are more common here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Josnes’s population at 878, in 380 households.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Josnes
Empty homes
The census found 82 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%. The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Half of Josnes is under 43.9, younger than 51% 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
■ Josnes 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over: 22%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Josnes ranks below 94% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.4%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 30% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Only 3% of households have no car in Josnes
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. By its share of second homes (5.8%), Josnes is above 80% of compared French towns.
A median of €25,690 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,690 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Josnes has 7.6%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in Josnes, less than in 79% 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.
In Josnes, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Josnes, less than in 69% 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
Married: 41%; in a PACS: 10%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 6.1% widowed. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 62% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Josnes. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 878 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Josnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josnes | 43.9 | 22% | 5.8% | 3.3% |
| Beaugency 8,024 · 4.5 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 5.1% | 11% |
| Mer 6,250 · 6.5 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan 4,236 · 6.7 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 5.8% | 2.5% |
| Lailly-en-Val 3,101 · 7.4 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 8.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 9.1 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
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 Josnes
What is the population of Josnes?
878 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (902).
How old are Josnes’ residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Josnes?
28, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Josnes?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Josnes?
€25,690 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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