Vendranges sits above 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
In Vendranges, 2.8% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 390 residents in 150 households: that is Vendranges at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Vendranges
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Vendranges’ residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Vendranges ahead of 81% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Loire.
A median age of 38.7: Vendranges is younger than 85% 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
■ Vendranges 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Vendranges. Across Vendranges, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Vendranges
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 71% of compared French towns: 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
By its share of empty homes (8.1%), Vendranges is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
A median standard of living of €25,510 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 €25,510 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, below 63% of compared French towns. 33% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1% of residents are immigrants in Vendranges
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.2% in Vendranges.
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 89% 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
In Vendranges, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Vendranges, less than in 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vendranges. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 390 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is older than Vendranges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vendranges
What is the population of Vendranges?
390 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (340).
How old are Vendranges’ residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendranges?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendranges?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendranges?
€25,510 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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