Younger than 99% of compared French towns: half of Videcosville is under 32.7
Half of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Videcosville sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 9.6%. The 2023 Census counted 93 residents in 35 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 Videcosville
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Videcosville, 13% of its 46 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
A young town
Half of Videcosville’s residents are under 32.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years).
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Videcosville ahead of 59% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Videcosville 32.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Videcosville has 13%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 66 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 38% in Videcosville, more than in 97% 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 2.6 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Videcosville sits below 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (25%)
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. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Videcosville are immigrants
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 are rarer here 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.
Videcosville: 29% of residents 15 and over are single, above 75% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Videcosville comes in at 41%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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 Videcosville, 17% 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.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 93 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.
The youngest is Videcosville (32.7), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Videcosville is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Videcosville | 32.7 | 18% | 13% | 0% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 5.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 11.1 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 12.7 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 13 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 13.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
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 Videcosville
What is the population of Videcosville?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (87).
How old are Videcosville’s residents?
The median age is 32.7, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Videcosville?
6, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Videcosville?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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