32% of homes in La Versanne are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 1.1% of households have no car in La Versanne. This Loire town is home to 394 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 La Versanne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 88 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Versanne, 32% of its 280 homes: higher than in 95% 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.
4.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 96% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. Empty homes are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, La Versanne has grown +9%, faster than 67% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loire town +3%.
La Versanne ranks above 66% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Versanne 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Versanne is 45.4, higher than in 59% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 27%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children tops 52% of compared French towns: 26%.
Median standard of living: €25,560 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 62% of compared French towns: 12%. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across La Versanne, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.7% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.7%, against 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 75% 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
By its share of married residents (46%), La Versanne is above 74% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Versanne
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%; La Versanne has 33%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 394 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around La Versanne, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Versanne | 45.4 | 25% | 32% | 1.7% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 2.8 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Genest-Malifaux 2,921 · 4.8 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 1.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 9.1 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| La Ricamarie 8,039 · 9.4 mi | 37.5 | 20% | 0.4% | 23% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 9.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Just-Malmont 4,239 · 10 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
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 La Versanne
What is the population of La Versanne?
394 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (361).
How old are La Versanne’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Versanne?
88, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Versanne?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Versanne?
€25,560 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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