A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7% in Verthemex. On households without a car, Verthemex sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%. This Savoie town is home to 244 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 22 here (4.5%).
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 Verthemex
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verthemex, 14% of its 130 homes: higher than in 91% 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
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Verthemex had 175 residents at the 2012 census and 244 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 16% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.7% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Verthemex sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Verthemex grew +39% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 99% 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 +31%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
Younger than 73% of compared French towns: half of Verthemex is under 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verthemex 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Verthemex sits below 96% of compared French towns for one-person households (24%)
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€28,110 a year: the median 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 €28,110 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 19%, a higher share than 86% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are headed by a retired person here. On households headed by a manual worker, Verthemex sits higher than 80% of compared French towns: 19%. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 90% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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 a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Verthemex, 2.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Verthemex, less than in 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Verthemex comes in at 52%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 5.7% of adults out of school have no qualification in Verthemex
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
Graduates of higher education make up 41%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 244 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).
Verthemex is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verthemex | 41 | 19% | 14% | 2.9% |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac 5,216 · 3.3 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 7.6% | 4.7% |
| La Motte-Servolex 12,067 · 4.6 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 5.1 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Tresserve 2,909 · 6.3 mi | 55.3 | 34% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 3,012 · 6.9 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
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 Verthemex
What is the population of Verthemex?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (175).
How old are Verthemex’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verthemex?
19, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verthemex?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verthemex?
€28,110 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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