A smaller share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 10%
With flats at 4.5%, Avrée is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. The town counted 83 residents and 47 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 60% of households are headed by a retired person. Households without a car are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
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 Avrée
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avrée, 40% of its 87 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Avrée had 93 residents at the 2012 census and 83 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Avrée’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Avrée’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 57% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Avrée ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 40%
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
Some 2.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 37% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes account for 5.7%.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Avrée changed by −11% since 2012
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
Here the change came as −14% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −8% in Nièvre.
Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Avrée is over 54
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avrée 54. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Avrée has 36%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Avrée: 50% of households are one person living alone, above 94% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 83% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 89% of compared French towns: 13%
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.
The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 12% of the total. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 39% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Avrée, 31%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 83 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Avrée 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avrée | 54 | 36% | 40% | 12% |
| Bourbon-Lancy 4,674 · 14.5 mi | 57.2 | 39% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Gueugnon 6,528 · 17.5 mi | 58 | 38% | 1.8% | 8.6% |
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 Avrée
What is the population of Avrée?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (93).
How old are Avrée’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avrée?
35, with occasional dwellings: 40% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avrée?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (13%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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