A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Caligny. Fewer households without a car than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%. The town’s 370 households held 845 residents at the 2023 Census. One-person households account for 27%.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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.
Since 2012, Caligny has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Caligny 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Caligny’s residents are under 43.4, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Caligny, 5.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Empty homes make up 11% in Caligny, more than in 82% 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. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6% (under two years). Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,480 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,480 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Caligny ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 26%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (14%), Caligny is above 72% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 28%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.4% in Caligny, less than in 97% 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 Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 0.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
53% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 78% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Caligny, about two in ten. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 845 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Caligny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caligny | 43.4 | 18% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 3.3 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 4.2 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Flers 14,432 · 4.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 5.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 6.7 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
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 Caligny
What is the population of Caligny?
845 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (853).
How old are Caligny’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Caligny?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Caligny?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Caligny?
€26,480 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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