Viglain ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.7%
Here 5.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. By contrast, with a median age of 48.5, Viglain is older than 77% of compared French towns. 849 residents in 400 households: that is Viglain at the 2023 Census. Second homes make up about one in ten here (9.8%).
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Viglain behind 84% 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 Loiret town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Viglain 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 31% in Viglain, less than in 70% of compared French towns
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households in social housing than 63% of compared French towns, at 9.5%
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here. Of all households, 8% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,030 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Viglain ranks above 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Viglain has 6.2%. At 33%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 50% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 90% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Viglain ranks below 82% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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 Viglain, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (849 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Viglain is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viglain | 48.5 | 26% | 9.8% | 3.7% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 3.7 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 8.7 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Loire 8,546 · 10.2 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.3% |
| Jargeau 4,610 · 12.2 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 1.8% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel 3,065 · 12.6 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 9.8% |
| Lorris 2,996 · 14.4 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 5.4% | 6.3% |
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 Viglain
What is the population of Viglain?
849 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (881).
How old are Viglain’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viglain?
48, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viglain?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viglain?
€25,030 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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