Reffuveille sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.9%)
Households in social housing make up 2.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 550 residents and 250 households in Reffuveille. In Reffuveille, 38% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 29%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Reffuveille
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Reffuveille, 20% of its 330 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
Reffuveille sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (20%)
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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The census found that 5.5% of households have no car in Reffuveille. Empty homes are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Reffuveille grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 71% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Reffuveille 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Reffuveille’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 57% of compared French towns: 24%
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 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. In Reffuveille, 36% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €22,180 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 €22,180 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 59% of compared French towns: 34%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 7.1% in Reffuveille, more than in 70% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Reffuveille, 8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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 share of married residents stands at 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Reffuveille ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 15%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification here. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 550 to 2,582 people, the 20th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Reffuveille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reffuveille | 45 | 29% | 20% | 8% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 4.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 5.5 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 8.6 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 8.7 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 9.6 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
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 Reffuveille
What is the population of Reffuveille?
550 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (498).
How old are Reffuveille’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Reffuveille?
68, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Reffuveille?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Reffuveille?
€22,180 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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