Flats: 3.7%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Selommes, 21%. The town had 785 residents in 330 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 6.8% of households have no car here. The median age in the town is 48.5, higher than in 77% 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 Selommes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Selommes had 836 residents at the 2012 census and 785 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Selommes has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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 population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns, at 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Selommes 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Selommes. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 65% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children here.
A lower share of households in social housing than 79% of compared French towns, at 6.6%
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
In Selommes, 3.4% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 8.7%.
The median resident lives on €25,550 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.
Living standards centre on €25,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 89% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are headed by a retired person in Selommes. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Across Selommes, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Selommes: 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 80% 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 graduates of higher education is 30%; Selommes has 26%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 785 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Selommes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selommes | 48.5 | 26% | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 6.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 6.7 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 11 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 12.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Blois 47,219 · 13.1 mi | 39 | 20% | 4.3% | 19% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 14.9 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Selommes
What is the population of Selommes?
785 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (836).
How old are Selommes’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Selommes?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Selommes?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Selommes?
€25,550 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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