Verdon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.7%
Here 31% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. At the 2023 Census Verdon was home to 195 people in 86 households. Across Verdon, 6% of households have no car. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Verdon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verdon, 21% of its 120 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.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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 share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The census found that 8.3% of homes stand empty in Verdon. Some 3.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 61% of compared French towns grew faster than Verdon: +2%
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 Marne town −2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of compared French towns, at 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verdon 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 80% of compared French towns: 17%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of Verdon’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Verdon sits below 70% of compared French towns for one-person households (31%)
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€25,610 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.
At €25,610 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.3%, below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Verdon ranks below 80% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Verdon has 3.2%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Verdon sits below 96% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
47% 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%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 24%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 195 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Verdon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdon | 47.2 | 17% | 21% | 3.2% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 6.3 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 8.7 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 12.3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 12.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 15.3 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 16.5 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
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 Verdon
What is the population of Verdon?
195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (191).
How old are Verdon’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verdon?
26, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verdon?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verdon?
€25,610 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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