45% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 150 residents in 59 households. The share of households without a car stands at 5.2%. At 18%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 75% 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 Rougeou
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Rougeou had 123 residents at the 2012 census and 150 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rougeou grew +22% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 92% 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
The median Loir-et-Cher town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +29% and the next six −6%.
A median age of 42: Rougeou is younger than 66% 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
■ Rougeou 42. The median compared French town: 44.
In Rougeou, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Rougeou sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (18%)
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
Households average 2.6 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
More empty homes than 92% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.9% (under two years). One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,940 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 Rougeou’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Rougeou ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 45%
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
9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 85% of compared French towns: 2.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 2%, below 78% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 55%, a higher share than 99% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Rougeou, less than in 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Rougeou has 21%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 150 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Rougeou is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rougeou | 42 | 19% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| Selles-sur-Cher 4,184 · 6 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 7.2% | 10% |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 6,860 · 8.6 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 5.6% | 3.4% |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 2,631 · 8.9 mi | 53 | 34% | 11% | 5.8% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 9.3 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Romorantin-Lanthenay 18,373 · 9.6 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Saint-Aignan 2,789 · 10.8 mi | 56.5 | 40% | 24% | 7.9% |
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 Rougeou
What is the population of Rougeou?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (123).
How old are Rougeou’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rougeou?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rougeou?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rougeou?
€25,940 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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