Fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.7%
33% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across Bellevigny, 6% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.9% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 6,240, in 2,580 households.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Bellevigny
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bellevigny 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Bellevigny comes in at 12%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 41.2, lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. Bellevigny has fewer single-parent households than 54% of compared French towns, at 9.8%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 84% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,810 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 €26,810 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents.
Bellevigny sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 93% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Here, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Bellevigny, less than in 80% 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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Bellevigny has 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bellevigny ranks below 87% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
For Bellevigny, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 6,181 to 6,302 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 Pont-de-Chéruy (33.9), the youngest, and Fleurance (54.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Bellevigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevigny | 41.2 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Dompierre-sur-Yon 4,625 · 3.7 mi | 42.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.6% |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie 8,649 · 3.8 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif 5,273 · 5 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne 3,701 · 5.1 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 2.6% | 1.7% |
| La Ferrière 5,454 · 7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Chauché 2,613 · 7.8 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
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 Bellevigny
What is the population of Bellevigny?
6,240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (5,735).
How old are Bellevigny’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellevigny?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellevigny?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellevigny?
€26,810 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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