0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Vimpelles has 2.2%. The share of flats stands at 3%. At 7.9%, the share of second homes is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. This Seine-et-Marne town counted 512 residents and 230 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Seine-et-Marne 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 Vimpelles
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vimpelles changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 67% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Seine-et-Marne town +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Vimpelles, less than in 85% 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
■ Vimpelles 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Meanwhile, the median age in Vimpelles is 46.5, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 Seine-et-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. More couples with children than in 79% of compared French towns: 31%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
2.9% of households have no car, below 99% 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
The share of empty homes is 13%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €28,040 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Vimpelles: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 81% 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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.7% in Vimpelles.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of residents in Vimpelles are immigrants
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Seine-et-Marne has 14%. The census found that 4% of residents are foreign nationals in Vimpelles.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 53% in Vimpelles, more than in 98% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Vimpelles has 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are common here: 19%, more than in 51% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 512 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Vimpelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vimpelles | 46.5 | 16% | 7.9% | 6.3% |
| Donnemarie-Dontilly 2,706 · 2.8 mi | 45 | 23% | 4.1% | 6% |
| Saint-Germain-Laval 2,888 · 8.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 8.6 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Provins 11,632 · 9.8 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Cannes-Écluse 2,742 · 9.9 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 2% | 7.8% |
| Nangis 8,867 · 10.1 mi | 36.6 | 16% | 1.5% | 20% |
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 Vimpelles
What is the population of Vimpelles?
512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (508).
How old are Vimpelles’ residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vimpelles?
23, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vimpelles?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vimpelles?
€28,040 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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