Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of households are single parents in Sigournais. At the 2023 Census, 999 people lived here, in 400 households. Put another way, about one in 40: 2.5% of households have no car. 6.1% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 81% 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 Sigournais
Growing fast
Sigournais had 853 residents at the 2012 census and 999 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Sigournais grew faster than 86% 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
The median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +11%.
Sigournais is younger than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sigournais 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Sigournais. One in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 95% 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
With couples with children at 32%, Sigournais is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. A household here holds 2.5 people on average. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Only 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Sigournais
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 Sigournais comes in at 5.7%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,660 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Sigournais comes in at 6.2%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.9%, a lower share than 74% 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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 3.1% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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 Sigournais, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Sigournais, 17%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 999 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Sigournais are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigournais | 42.6 | 20% | 6.1% | 3.9% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 3.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 6 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 6.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 8.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers 2,560 · 9.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 1.8% |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 10 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.7% | 1.7% |
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 Sigournais
What is the population of Sigournais?
999 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (853).
How old are Sigournais’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sigournais?
28, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sigournais?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sigournais?
€24,660 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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