Flats: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.5% of households are single parents. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Réaumur counted 857 residents and 370 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 60% 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 population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 58% 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
■ Réaumur 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. Half of Réaumur’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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 2.3 people. More couples with children than in 60% of compared French towns: 27%. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
Households without a car: 5.8%, a lower share than 82% 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
Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 5.4% in Réaumur. Empty homes are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,280 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,280 a year: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Réaumur ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 31%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 26% in Réaumur and 32% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Only 0.6% of residents are immigrants in Réaumur
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 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For Réaumur, the census puts foreign nationals at 0.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 55%, a higher share than 99% 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
In Réaumur, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in Réaumur, less than in 94% of compared French towns
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
With adults with no qualification at 27%, Réaumur is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Réaumur
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Réaumur | 43.8 | 22% | 5.4% | 0.6% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 4.4 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 5.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 7.6 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 8.3 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Cerizay 4,793 · 9.6 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 1.4% | 15% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 10.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
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 Réaumur
What is the population of Réaumur?
857 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (838).
How old are Réaumur’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Réaumur?
22, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Réaumur?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Réaumur?
€25,280 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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