A median age of 54.5: Savennes is older than 93% of compared French towns
3.1% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 96 residents and 51 households in Savennes. On the census count, a fifth of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Savennes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Savennes, 45% of its 130 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Savennes’ residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 45%
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes stand empty here. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.1% of households have no car.
Savennes grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 67% 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, +7% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Savennes 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Savennes, 32%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Savennes sits below 74% of compared French towns for 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are one person living alone in Savennes. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each.
Savennes sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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
On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.4% of residents are immigrants in Savennes
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 foreign nationals stands at 4.3%. That is lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. 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.
Savennes: 58% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Savennes has 21%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (96 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Savennes and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savennes | 54.5 | 32% | 45% | 5.4% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 9.2 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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 Savennes
What is the population of Savennes?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (88).
How old are Savennes’ residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savennes?
58, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savennes?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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