A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Plottes. At the 2023 Census, 558 people lived here, in 270 households. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 22%. Fewer flats than in 72% of compared French towns: 18%.
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 Plottes
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plottes, 11% of its 330 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plottes had 595 residents at the 2012 census and 558 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Nearly a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The census found that 7.3% of homes stand empty in Plottes.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 91% 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 median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six +4%.
A median age of 48.5: Plottes is older than 77% 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
■ Plottes 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Plottes, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
11% of households are single parents, more than in 63% of compared French towns
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Plottes has 34%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,550 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 Plottes is €25,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 31% in Plottes, less than in 59% 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
Locally, 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Plottes
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 lower than in 77% of compared French towns. On the census count, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Plottes, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 85% 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 figure for single residents is 22% in Plottes and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Plottes: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 52% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Plottes. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 558 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.
Older than Plottes: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plottes | 48.5 | 26% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 2 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 7.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 12.9 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 13.2 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 14.1 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 14.9 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Plottes
What is the population of Plottes?
558 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (595).
How old are Plottes’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plottes?
35, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plottes?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plottes?
€25,550 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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