Vigny ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 41%
Here 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. Vigny’s 450 households held 1,137 residents at the 2023 Census. 5.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in 18.
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Vigny
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Val-d'Oise town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vigny 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Vigny is 41.2, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 23% in Vigny, less than in 98% of compared French towns
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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.6% of households are single parents.
A lower share of flats than 80% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Vigny comes in at 7.7%. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town. 2% of homes are second homes, or about one in 50.
A median standard of living of €33,420 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.
Living standards centre on €33,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 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).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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.
Here 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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 share of graduates of higher education tops 91% of compared French towns: 48%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,137 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Vigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigny | 41.2 | 17% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Courdimanche 7,311 · 4.3 mi | 36 | 9.6% | 0.7% | 17% |
| Menucourt 6,184 · 4.4 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Meulan-en-Yvelines 8,950 · 4.9 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 1% | 20% |
| Marines 3,594 · 5.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 1.9% | 6.4% |
| Hardricourt 2,599 · 5.2 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 3.7% | 15% |
| Vaux-sur-Seine 5,202 · 5.4 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Vigny
What is the population of Vigny?
1,137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,065).
How old are Vigny’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vigny?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vigny?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vigny?
€33,420 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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