Photo: Martin Thurnherr · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 88% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are single parents in Yenne. Second homes are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. The town had 3,026 residents in 1,420 households at the 2023 Census. For Yenne, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
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 Yenne
Empty homes
The census found 210 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Yenne changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 62% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Savoie town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Older than 52% of compared French towns: half of Yenne is over 44.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Yenne 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 21%
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
One-person households: 39%, above two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 15% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
The share of flats is 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For Yenne, the census puts households without a car at 8.9%.
Median standard of living: €25,980 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.
At €25,980 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 50% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 11.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 12% in Yenne, less than in 66% 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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 34% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Yenne sits below 65% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.9%)
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Yenne has 3.3%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Yenne. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 Yenne, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,996 to 3,059 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 39.2 in Pommeuse to 63.8 in Agon-Coutainville.
Around Yenne, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yenne | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Belley 9,388 · 5.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 3% | 13% |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac 5,216 · 5.8 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 7.6% | 4.7% |
| Tresserve 2,909 · 6.7 mi | 55.3 | 34% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 15% | 11% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 8.1 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 3,012 · 8.2 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
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 Yenne
What is the population of Yenne?
3,026 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,969).
How old are Yenne’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yenne?
87, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yenne?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yenne?
€25,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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