2.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
4.4% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. For Orval sur Sienne, the census puts households without a car at 4.5%. With a median age of 50.5, Orval sur Sienne is older than 84% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,233 residents locally, living in 570 households.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Orval sur Sienne
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orval sur Sienne, 10% of its 690 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% 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.
A town of second homes: 10% of its homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.6% of homes stand empty. Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more.
+4% since 2012: slower than 52% 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
The median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six +7%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Orval sur Sienne 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Orval sur Sienne has 26%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Orval sur Sienne, less than in 82% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,730 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7.9% in Orval sur Sienne and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% here. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.6% in Orval sur Sienne. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Orval sur Sienne ranks below 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,233 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Orval sur Sienne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orval sur Sienne | 50.5 | 26% | 10% | 2.1% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 2.9 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 3.1 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 5.6 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 7.5 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 8.3 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
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 Orval sur Sienne
What is the population of Orval sur Sienne?
1,233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,181).
How old are Orval sur Sienne’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orval sur Sienne?
72, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orval sur Sienne?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orval sur Sienne?
€25,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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