Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Nauvay is over 60
Census day 2023: 12 residents and 5 households in Nauvay. About as many people as in 2012.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Nauvay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nauvay, 36% of its 11 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
100% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 8.3% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Nauvay’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 2 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nauvay: 36% of homes are second homes, above 96% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Nauvay, the census puts empty homes at 18%.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Nauvay behind 70% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Nauvay sits below 90% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nauvay 60. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 100%
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
The largest group of households: clerical and service workers (100%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nauvay ranks above 76% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 8.3%
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 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of residents are immigrants in Nauvay. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Nauvay: 73% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
9.1% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Among 41 French towns of 12 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Nauvay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nauvay | 60 | 25% | 36% | 8.3% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 5.4 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 6.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 12.6 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 13 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 13.5 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 13.9 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
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 Nauvay
What is the population of Nauvay?
12 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (12).
How old are Nauvay’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 8.3% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nauvay?
4, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nauvay?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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