Flats make up 4.3% in Valframbert, less than in 97% of compared French towns
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 25% of households are one person living alone in Valframbert. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,678, in 670 households. Locally, 2.9% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
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, Valframbert has grown +9%, faster than 65% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Orne town −5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +15%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Valframbert is over 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valframbert 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.1% in Valframbert and 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Valframbert (25%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.1%, a lower share than 96% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
7.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 73% 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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 1% of homes are second homes here. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 34%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,030 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.
Living standards centre on €27,030 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns: 48%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.3% in Valframbert. What’s more, fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 73% of compared French towns: 11%. Typically, 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).
In Valframbert, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, below 89% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Valframbert, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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: 23%, above 69% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,678 to 2,582
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.
Of the 5 towns nearest Valframbert, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valframbert | 47.9 | 25% | 1% | 2% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 2.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 3.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Sées 4,168 · 10.2 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 12.5 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 14.4 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
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 Valframbert
What is the population of Valframbert?
1,678 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,544).
How old are Valframbert’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valframbert?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valframbert?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valframbert?
€27,030 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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