Viricelles: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
1% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. At the 2023 Census, 449 people lived in Viricelles, in 180 households. In Viricelles, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 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 Viricelles
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Viricelles, 12% of its 220 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of homes are flats here. 4.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 63% of compared French towns grew faster than Viricelles: +2%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
In Viricelles, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 72% 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
■ Viricelles 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Viricelles is 43.4, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Viricelles has fewer single-parent households than 82% of compared French towns, at 7.8%.
A typical living standard of €27,020 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.
Living standards centre on €27,020 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Viricelles: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Viricelles. 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.
Viricelles ranks above 91% of compared French towns on married residents: 50%
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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Viricelles and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 449 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Viricelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viricelles | 43.4 | 19% | 12% | 0.7% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 1.2 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 3,785 · 4 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 4.9 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 6.7 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 7.4 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Héand 3,665 · 8.5 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
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 Viricelles
What is the population of Viricelles?
449 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (442).
How old are Viricelles’ residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viricelles?
26, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viricelles?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viricelles?
€27,020 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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