A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (23%), Pignols is above 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 337, in 150 households. Flats make up about one in 42 here (2.4%). Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Pignols
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 3.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pignols’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 61% 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
The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, ±0%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% 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
■ Pignols 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Pignols is older than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Pignols, 3.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. For Pignols, the census puts couples with children at 33%. 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Pignols, 4.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 72% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Pignols, 8.8%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,280 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a retired person
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 Pignols comes in at 17%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Pignols
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 share of immigrants trails 91% of compared French towns: 2.1%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
More married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Pignols comes in at 21%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Pignols comes in at 42%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 337 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Pignols, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pignols | 45.1 | 17% | 4.1% | 2.1% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 2.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 4.3 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 5.4 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Billom 4,805 · 5.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Le Cendre 5,415 · 6 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
| Orcet 2,897 · 6.2 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
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 Pignols
What is the population of Pignols?
337 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (314).
How old are Pignols’ residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pignols?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pignols?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pignols?
€28,280 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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