Above 98% of compared French towns: 38% of households are couples with children
The share of flats trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%. Vismes had 474 residents in 190 households at the 2023 census. 7.3% of its homes are second homes; 0.2% of residents are immigrants. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns.
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 Vismes
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Vismes ahead of 53% 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 −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Half of Vismes is under 42.6, younger than 61% 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
■ Vismes 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 91% of compared French towns, at 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
7.7% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
6.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 79% 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
One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €23,720 a year in 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.
The median standard of living in Vismes is €23,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Vismes: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 95% 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
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 31%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vismes sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.2%)
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Vismes ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
The share of married residents tops four fifths of compared French towns: 47%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 474 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vismes is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vismes | 42.6 | 16% | 7.3% | 0.2% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 5.8 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 7.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 9.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 11.9 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 13.3 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 13.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 1.8% |
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 Vismes
What is the population of Vismes?
474 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (449).
How old are Vismes’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vismes?
16, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vismes?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.2% 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 Vismes?
€23,720 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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