Simandre sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.8%)
In Simandre, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,750 people lived in the town, in 760 households. The census found that 7.6% of homes are flats locally. On residents aged 15 to 24, Simandre sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
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.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 55% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Saône-et-Loire.
Simandre ranks above 61% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Simandre 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.9, Simandre is older than 56% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Simandre sits below 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.5%)
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
30% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Households without a car make up 5.3% in Simandre, less than in 86% 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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. 4.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 76% of compared French towns. Empty homes account for 8.6%.
A median standard of living of €25,220 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.
Half of Simandre’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
In Simandre, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 65% 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
Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 9.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. For comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Simandre. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Simandre, 21%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,750 to 2,582 people, the 18th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Simandre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simandre | 44.9 | 24% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 5.6 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 5.9 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 7.6 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 11.5 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 11.8 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 12.8 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 Simandre
What is the population of Simandre?
1,750 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,651).
How old are Simandre’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Simandre?
42, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Simandre?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Simandre?
€25,220 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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