In Combre, 41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 65 and over: 13% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.7% of households have no car in Combre. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 411 residents in the town, living in 160 households.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Combre
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Combre had 434 residents at the 2012 census and 411 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Combre’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 89% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
Combre is younger than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 40
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Combre 40. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Combre, 27% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.6 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households in social housing than 91% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 66% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.9%.
Median living standard: €27,070 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.
At €27,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 28% in Combre, 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
Here nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Measured more widely, 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).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Combre has 0.8%. 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.
A larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
For Combre, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 411 to 2,582 people, the 3rd youngest
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).
Combre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combre | 40 | 13% | 3.4% | 0.8% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 2.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Amplepuis 4,876 · 4.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 7.8% |
| Cours 4,306 · 6.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Le Coteau 6,845 · 8.4 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 1.6% | 6.8% |
| Roanne 35,409 · 9.3 mi | 45 | 27% | 3.1% | 14% |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 9.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 1% | 3.5% |
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 Combre
What is the population of Combre?
411 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (434).
How old are Combre’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combre?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combre?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combre?
€27,070 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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