Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Asnan is over 59.2
The share of couples with children is 7.1%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For Asnan, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 64%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 118 residents and 71 households here.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Asnan
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Asnan, 40% of its 140 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Asnan’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
57% of Asnan’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Asnan had 129 residents at the 2012 census and 118 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
40% of homes in Asnan 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
Just over one in ten homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 10% of households have no car in Asnan. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Asnan: −9%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nièvre town −8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Asnan 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
57% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Asnan comes in at 14%. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.7 people.
A median of €21,980 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,980 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 90% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 14%, Asnan is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 76% 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.
Here 8.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 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.
In Asnan, 32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 95% 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
27% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 64% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Asnan and 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 118 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).
Asnan and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asnan | 59.2 | 34% | 40% | 11% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 10.2 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
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 Asnan
What is the population of Asnan?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (129).
How old are Asnan’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Asnan?
57, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Asnan?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (8.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Asnan?
€21,980 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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