Pys is younger than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 32
The figure for empty homes is 2% in Pys and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 125 residents locally, living in 46 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 56% of the total. The town has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.9%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Pys
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Pys’ residents are under 32 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 7.1% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pys grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 58% 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, +4%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pys 32. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 15%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Pys sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (44%)
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.7 people share a household. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Pys has 11%.
Only 8.7% of households have no car in Pys
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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 15% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €20,930 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €20,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: manual workers (56%)
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
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Pys 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 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 26%
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
On single residents, Pys sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 26%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pys
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Pys. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 125 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.
At the ends of the range sit Pys (32), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Pys is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Pys
What is the population of Pys?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Pys’ residents?
The median age is 32, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 33% are under 18 and 7.1% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pys?
4, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pys?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pys?
€20,930 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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