Rognaix sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.5%)
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 23% of households are one person living alone in Rognaix. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 479, in 200 households. In Rognaix, 3.5% of households have no car. At 18%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in nearly four fifths 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 Rognaix
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rognaix, 17% of its 260 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.5% of homes are flats, below 98% 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Rognaix. Few places have so few households in social housing: 9.7% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 6.4%.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 65% 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 +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 90% 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
■ Rognaix 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rognaix is 43.3, lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Rognaix ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 26%
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 share of couples with children is 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,220 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,220 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Rognaix sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (29%)
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
Here a quarter of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 3.2% in Rognaix, less than in 62% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 26%, a higher share than 58% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 91% 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
For Rognaix, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 479 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rognaix is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rognaix | 43.3 | 18% | 17% | 5.9% |
| La Léchère 2,538 · 3.6 mi | 46 | 21% | 46% | 8.2% |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 3,780 · 5.8 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 15% | 5.2% |
| Albertville 19,978 · 6.7 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 3,149 · 7 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Moûtiers 3,487 · 7.9 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 10% | 23% |
| Mercury 3,495 · 8 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
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 Rognaix
What is the population of Rognaix?
479 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (441).
How old are Rognaix’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rognaix?
42, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rognaix?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rognaix?
€29,220 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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