A median age of 61.1: Tannay is older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 1.7% in Tannay and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Tannay was home to 530 people in 300 households. Households in social housing: 0.7% of the total. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 7.4% of homes are flats.
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 Tannay
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tannay, 21% of its 500 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Tannay’s residents are under 61.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tannay had 605 residents at the 2012 census and 530 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Tannay’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 19%, a higher share than 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
The share of second homes tops 93% of compared French towns: 21%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Tannay, 16% of households have no car.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Tannay behind 98% 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
The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 43%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Tannay 61.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Tannay sits below 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (12%)
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
Average household size: 1.7 people. Few places have as many one-person households: 50% here, more than in 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 8.5% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%).
€24,450 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 61%, a higher share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Tannay has 10%. The share of households headed by a retired person 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 61% of compared French towns. The census found that 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Tannay. Set beside that, 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 Tannay, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 78% 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
Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Tannay comes in at 24%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Tannay
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 Tannay
What is the population of Tannay?
530 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (605).
How old are Tannay’s residents?
The median age is 61.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tannay?
100, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tannay?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tannay?
€24,450 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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