6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% of compared French towns
17% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). In 2023, the Census found 252 residents in Servon, living in 130 households. Flats account for 4.1%. At 2.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 97% 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 Servon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Servon, 19% of its 160 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 19% of homes are second 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.5% of households have no car in Servon. On top of that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Servon behind 79% 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 Manche town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +8%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Servon is over 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Servon 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 30%, Servon is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, below 75% 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
Each household has 2 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.4%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,620 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,620 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Servon, less than in 85% of compared French towns
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 married residents is 46% in Servon and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 252 to 2,582
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Servon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servon | 50.6 | 30% | 19% | 4.9% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 5 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 6.1 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 6.4 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 10.3 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 10.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
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 Servon
What is the population of Servon?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (258).
How old are Servon’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Servon?
32, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Servon?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Servon?
€23,620 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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