28% of homes in Curzon are second homes
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Curzon has 6.8%. This Vendée town is home to 481 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Curzon, 1.7% of homes are flats. With a median age of 50.3, Curzon is older than 84% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Curzon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Curzon, 28% of its 350 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 6.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Curzon
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.9% moved in within the last two years. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 8.3% here, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Still, the figure for empty homes is 8.5% in Curzon and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Curzon: +3%
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then −6% to 2023.
In Curzon, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Curzon 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Curzon sits below 84% of compared French towns for one-person households (28%)
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Curzon has 21%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,010 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.
At €23,010 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 91% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Curzon sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2% in Curzon and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married: 46%; in a PACS: 8.3%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 6.8% widowed. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Curzon sits below 92% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Curzon, 29%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (481 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Curzon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curzon | 50.3 | 28% | 28% | 2.7% |
| Angles 3,115 · 5.5 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 29% | 2.6% |
| Luçon 9,417 · 6.7 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 7 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,845 · 8.3 mi | 66.6 | 54% | 66% | 2.1% |
| Longeville-sur-Mer 2,625 · 8.6 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 62% | 2.3% |
| La Tranche-sur-Mer 3,136 · 9.5 mi | 64.6 | 49% | 79% | 2.2% |
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 Curzon
What is the population of Curzon?
481 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (469).
How old are Curzon’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Curzon?
98, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Curzon?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Curzon?
€23,010 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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