A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 3.5% in Verjux. In 2023, the Census found 504 residents locally, living in 230 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 40% in the town. The median age locally is 48.7, higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
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.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −5% to 2023.
Only 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Verjux
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verjux 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Verjux has 28%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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 2.2 people each. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 4.2% of homes are second homes
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,440 a year in standard of living
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 €24,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Verjux ranks above 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 87% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Verjux, 1.8%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 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
Married residents: 49%, above 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
Verjux sits below 95% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Verjux has 28%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (504 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Verjux, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verjux | 48.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 1.3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 7.5 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 7.9 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 8.1 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 9.3 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 10.1 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 Verjux
What is the population of Verjux?
504 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (523).
How old are Verjux’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verjux?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verjux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verjux?
€24,440 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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