Half of Empury is over 65, older than 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 7.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Empury, the census puts one-person households at 38%. Lower than in 60% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. The 2023 Census counted 72 residents in 39 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 Empury
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Empury, 44% of its 78 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Empury’s residents are under 65 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 50% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Empury had 80 residents at the 2012 census and 72 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
44% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 16 here (6.4%). Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% of compared French towns
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −13% to 2023. Over those years, the median Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Empury 65. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Empury has 6.9%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 1.9 people.
Empury ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 50%
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, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 58% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 25%, a higher share than 76% 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
Here just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 72 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 Empury (65).
No nearby town is as old as Empury
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 Empury
What is the population of Empury?
72 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (80).
How old are Empury’s residents?
The median age is 65, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.7% are under 18 and 50% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Empury?
34, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Empury?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (5.6%). 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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