Above 94% of compared French towns: 25% of homes are second homes
3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. On the census count, 15% of households are couples with children. Herment has fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%. At the 2023 Census, 277 people lived in the town, in 130 households.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Herment
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Herment, 25% of its 210 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Herment had 304 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Herment sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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 that moved in under two years ago: 9.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on households without a car: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −19%; from 2017 to 2023, +13%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Herment is older than 82% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Herment 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 29%, more than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
Half above, half below €24,370 a year in standard of living
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 Herment is €24,370 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Herment comes in at 7.7%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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.
In Herment, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 63% of compared French towns: 45%
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: just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Herment
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: a fifth of the total. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 277 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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.
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 Herment
What is the population of Herment?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (304).
How old are Herment’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herment?
53, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herment?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herment?
€24,370 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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