Flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Here 1.8% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 327 residents in Devrouze, living in 150 households. Households without a car make up about one in 37 here (2.7%).
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Devrouze
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Devrouze, 11% of its 170 homes: higher than in 88% 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.
Fewer households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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
6.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. On second homes, Devrouze sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 11%. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%.
+3% since 2012: slower than 58% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
Devrouze sits above 78% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Devrouze 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.3, Devrouze is older than 59% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Devrouze ranks below 56% of compared French towns on one-person households: 34%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,690 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.
The median standard of living in Devrouze is €25,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 37% in Devrouze.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Devrouze: 7.1% of residents are foreign nationals, above 70% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Devrouze has 9.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Devrouze, less than in 82% 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
The share of married residents tops 69% of compared French towns: 45%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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 adults with no qualification is 21% in Devrouze and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 327 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Devrouze: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devrouze | 45.3 | 28% | 11% | 9.3% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 9.4 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 10.9 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 13.3 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 13.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 15.4 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 16.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
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 Devrouze
What is the population of Devrouze?
327 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (318).
How old are Devrouze’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Devrouze?
18, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Devrouze?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Devrouze?
€25,690 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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