Flats make up 2.1% in Pervenchères, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Pervenchères, 19%. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 6.9% of households have no car. Census day 2023: 344 residents and 160 households here. 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24.
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.
What stands out about the people of Pervenchères
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pervenchères, 23% of its 230 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pervenchères ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 23%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Pervenchères, 8.6%.
A −1% change since 2012: 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Pervenchères is over 48
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pervenchères 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 73% of compared French towns: 26%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.5% of households are single parents
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns. Pervenchères sits close to the norm on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,250 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 Pervenchères is €22,250 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 29%, a lower share than 69% 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
Across Pervenchères, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
Pervenchères ranks below 61% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pervenchères sits below 88% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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 make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 58% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a higher share than in 51% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Pervenchères is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pervenchères | 48 | 26% | 23% | 5.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 6.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 8 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 15.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 15.2 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.3 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 16.4 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Pervenchères
What is the population of Pervenchères?
344 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (347).
How old are Pervenchères’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pervenchères?
54, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pervenchères?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pervenchères?
€22,250 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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