Households in social housing: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 3.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Solignat counted 510 residents and 230 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 2% in the town. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Solignat ahead of 62% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Solignat: 27% of residents are 65 or over, above 78% 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
■ Solignat 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.7% in Solignat and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 47.5, Solignat is older than 72% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 61% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Solignat comes in at 11%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A smaller share of empty homes than 74% of compared French towns: 5.1%
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
The census found that 1.9% of homes are second homes in Solignat. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,920 a year to live on
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 Solignat is €26,920 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 13%. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in half of compared French towns: 9.4%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Solignat
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.8%), Solignat is below 82% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 96% 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
With single residents at 21%, Solignat is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Solignat, less than in 85% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Solignat and 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 510 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Solignat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solignat | 47.5 | 27% | 1.9% | 3% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 3.9 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 9.5 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 10 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 10.4 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 11 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 11.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
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 Solignat
What is the population of Solignat?
510 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (474).
How old are Solignat’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Solignat?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Solignat?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Solignat?
€26,920 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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