Granges: 42% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Granges has 1.2%. The town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%. At the 2023 Census Granges was home to 581 people in 230 households. Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Granges
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 73% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +10%.
Younger than 75% of compared French towns: half of Granges is under 40.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Granges 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Granges sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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
With single-parent households at 6.5%, Granges is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
Some 5.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 16% who have been there 30 years or more. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 3% of homes are second homes. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,770 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.
At €28,770 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Granges ranks above 59% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 11%
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.2%, Granges is behind just over three quarters of compared French towns on that count. The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Granges
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 7.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
Graduates of higher education: 40% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 581 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as young as Granges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granges | 40.6 | 15% | 3% | 3.5% |
| Givry 3,598 · 3.7 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 4.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 5.5 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 6.4 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 7.4 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 7.5 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
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 Granges
What is the population of Granges?
581 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (523).
How old are Granges’ residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Granges?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Granges?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Granges?
€28,770 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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