Above 94% of compared French towns: 25% of homes are second homes
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 98% of compared French towns: 27%. Cevins counted 706 residents and 320 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, just over one in ten homes are flats. Few places have as many single-parent households: 13% here, more than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Cevins
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cevins, 25% of its 500 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cevins ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 6%
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Cevins comes in at 10%. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 7.5% of the total.
Cevins changed by +5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 50% 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 population moved +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
Cevins is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cevins 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Cevins sits below 63% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Couples with children: just over a quarter of the total.
Median living standard: €26,770 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.
Living standards centre on €26,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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 share of foreign nationals is 2.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 75% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Cevins. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Cevins has 21%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Cevins is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cevins | 46.7 | 24% | 25% | 4.7% |
| La Léchère 2,538 · 4.2 mi | 46 | 21% | 46% | 8.2% |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 3,780 · 6.3 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 15% | 5.2% |
| Albertville 19,978 · 6.3 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 3,149 · 6.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Mercury 3,495 · 7.7 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Moûtiers 3,487 · 8.3 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 10% | 23% |
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 Cevins
What is the population of Cevins?
706 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (674).
How old are Cevins’ residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cevins?
120, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cevins?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cevins?
€26,770 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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