3.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Solutré-Pouilly’s 160 households held 331 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 15: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Solutré-Pouilly (6.6%). Second homes make up 9.6%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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 Solutré-Pouilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Solutré-Pouilly had 365 residents at the 2012 census and 331 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Solutré-Pouilly changed by −9% since 2012
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 −2% and the next six −8%.
A median age of 48.5: Solutré-Pouilly 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
■ Solutré-Pouilly 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% 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%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. Fewer couples with children than in 81% of compared French towns: 18%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 39%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
16% of homes stand empty, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Solutré-Pouilly, 13% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €33,650 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €33,650 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 71% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Solutré-Pouilly has 12%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Solutré-Pouilly. The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
More graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 43%
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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 331 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).
No nearby town is as old as Solutré-Pouilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solutré-Pouilly | 48.5 | 25% | 9.6% | 2.4% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 3.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 4.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 4.8 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 5.7 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 7.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 8.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
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 Solutré-Pouilly
What is the population of Solutré-Pouilly?
331 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (365).
How old are Solutré-Pouilly’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Solutré-Pouilly?
21, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Solutré-Pouilly?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Solutré-Pouilly?
€33,650 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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