Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Corbigny is over 59.8
In Corbigny, 13% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 71 here (1.4%). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 9.2%, more than in 87% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Corbigny was home to 1,327 people in 700 households.
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 Corbigny
An older town
Half of Corbigny’s residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Corbigny had 1,584 residents at the 2012 census and 1,327 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
53% of Corbigny’s households are one person: higher than in 97% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 290 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Corbigny: −16%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%. The first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, −10%.
In Corbigny, 42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corbigny 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.5%, Corbigny is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns, at 53%
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
With single-parent households at 7.1%, Corbigny is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.7 people on average.
Empty homes make up 26% in Corbigny, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of homes are flats here. 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 92% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households without a car make up about one in five here (21%).
A median standard of living of €23,330 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,330 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a retired person
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 6.4% in Corbigny. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants make up 3.8% in Corbigny, less than in 75% 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.
The median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Corbigny, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Corbigny, 35% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 90% 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
Here 28% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 96% 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 34% in Corbigny and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,327 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Corbigny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbigny | 59.8 | 42% | 9.2% | 3.8% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 15.7 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 Corbigny
What is the population of Corbigny?
1,327 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (1,584).
How old are Corbigny’s residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corbigny?
100, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corbigny?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corbigny?
€23,330 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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