A median age of 60.1: Marcigny is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 53% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, on single-parent households, Marcigny sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Census day 2023: 1,682 residents and 900 households here. For Marcigny, the census puts second homes at 4.8%.
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 Marcigny
An older town
Half of Marcigny’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marcigny had 1,870 residents at the 2012 census and 1,682 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 220 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Marcigny’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 44% in Marcigny, more than in 99% 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
■ Marcigny 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Marcigny comes in at 9%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Marcigny ranks below 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 12%
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
The share of one-person households tops 92% of compared French towns: 49%. Households average 1.8 people. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Marcigny: 19% of homes stand empty, above 99% 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
Flats make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 18% of households have no car, or about one in six.
Standard of living at the median: €22,850 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,850 a year: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
For Marcigny, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. As a yardstick, 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).
Above 64% of compared French towns: 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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 median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Census figures put immigrants at 6.8% in Marcigny. Against 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.
Fewer single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
41% are married and 3.9% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 15% are widowed. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 32% of adults out of school have no 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Marcigny, 18%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,682 to 2,582 people
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Marcigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcigny | 60.1 | 44% | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 9.8 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 9.9 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 12.7 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Mably 7,233 · 14.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 14.8 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 14.8 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
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 Marcigny
What is the population of Marcigny?
1,682 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,870).
How old are Marcigny’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcigny?
57, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcigny?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcigny?
€22,850 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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