Second homes make up 30% in Verrières, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households have no car here. On the census count, 26% of households are one person living alone. Verrières has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns, at 8.2%. Census day 2023: 408 residents and 170 households in the town.
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 Verrières
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verrières, 30% of its 270 homes: higher than in 95% 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.
Only 1.8% of homes are flats in Verrières
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
In Verrières, 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 17 here (5.8%).
Since 2012, Verrières has changed by +1%, slower 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
A median age of 47.2: Verrières is older than 70% 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
■ Verrières 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Verrières ranks below 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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 2.4 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 12%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,070 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,070 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 47% in Verrières, more than in 95% 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, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Verrières, 5.8%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.5% in Verrières, less than in 96% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Verrières has 0.8%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Verrières ranks above 92% of compared French towns on married residents: 50%
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
The share of single residents is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 68% 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 are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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).
Verrières is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verrières | 47.2 | 26% | 30% | 1.5% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 5.7 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 8.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 10.3 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 12.9 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 13 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 15.1 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
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 Verrières
What is the population of Verrières?
408 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (403).
How old are Verrières’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verrières?
81, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verrières?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verrières?
€26,070 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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