A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
24% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The 2023 Census counted 190 residents in 85 households. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). The median age in Urville is 50, 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 Urville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Urville had 200 residents at the 2012 census and 190 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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
Urville sits above 83% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (13%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Urville 50. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Urville has 25%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households average 2.2 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 24% here, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
A higher share of empty homes than 79% of compared French towns, at 10%
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. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. The census found that 5% of homes are second homes in Urville.
€24,780 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Urville’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Set beside that, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
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 0.5% in Urville. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% 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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Urville
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
More adults with no qualification than in 55% of compared French towns: 20%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 190 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Urville, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urville | 50 | 25% | 5% | 0.5% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 4.4 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 5.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 6.3 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 9.3 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 12.1 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 13.7 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
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 Urville
What is the population of Urville?
190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (200).
How old are Urville’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Urville?
5, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Urville?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Urville?
€24,780 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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