Half of Azy-le-Vif is over 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns
Here 3.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 188 residents in Azy-le-Vif, living in 90 households. Flats make up about one in 77 here (1.3%).
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 Azy-le-Vif
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Azy-le-Vif, 18% of its 150 homes: higher than in 92% 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
Azy-le-Vif had 221 residents at the 2012 census and 188 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Azy-le-Vif’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Azy-le-Vif has 18%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.2% (under two years).
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Azy-le-Vif: −15%
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 Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six −9%.
Azy-le-Vif ranks above 81% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Azy-le-Vif 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
A third of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,060 a year
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.
The median standard of living in Azy-le-Vif is €22,060 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Azy-le-Vif
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Azy-le-Vif, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents 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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Azy-le-Vif sits above 87% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 25%
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 Azy-le-Vif, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 188 to 2,582
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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Azy-le-Vif
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Azy-le-Vif
What is the population of Azy-le-Vif?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (221).
How old are Azy-le-Vif’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Azy-le-Vif?
26, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Azy-le-Vif?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Azy-le-Vif?
€22,060 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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