2% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4.8%, below 90% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Lignières’s population at 412, in 190 households. For Lignières, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 2.8%. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 84% of compared French towns.
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 Lignières
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lignières, 14% of its 250 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 14%, a higher share than 90% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.1% moved in within the last two years.
Since 2012, Lignières has changed by −2%, slower than 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
Here the change came as −10% to 2017, then +8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Loir-et-Cher.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Lignières is over 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lignières 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Lignières, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,350 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Lignières sits above 66% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (16%)
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
On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. For 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).
In Lignières, 1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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 Lignières, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Lignières sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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 figure for single residents is 18% in Lignières and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 78% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 412 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Lignières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignières | 47.5 | 24% | 14% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 6.6 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 7.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 9.7 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 15.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
| Châteaudun 12,830 · 15.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.8% | 17% |
| Vald'Yerre 3,609 · 16.5 mi | 49 | 29% | 17% | 3.8% |
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 Lignières
What is the population of Lignières?
412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (422).
How old are Lignières’ residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lignières?
35, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lignières?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lignières?
€27,350 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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