Asnois is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.2
Couples with children make up 14%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.9% of households have no car. Empty homes are more common here than in 88% of compared French towns. 129 residents in 66 households: that is Asnois at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Asnois
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Asnois, 27% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Asnois’ residents are under 63.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Asnois (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Asnois had 137 residents at the 2012 census and 129 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 27% of homes are second homes
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Some 5.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more.
Asnois changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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 Vienne town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +19% and the next six −21%.
In Asnois, 45% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Asnois 63.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Asnois, 4.5%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Asnois, less than in 83% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €23,490 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 €23,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns: 43%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Asnois, 7.1%. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 23%
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 20% in Asnois and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Asnois comes in at 54%. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Asnois, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 25% in Asnois and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 129 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 63.2 in Asnois.
Asnois is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asnois | 63.2 | 45% | 27% | 23% |
| Civray 2,522 · 6.1 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 11.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 14 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 17.2 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 17.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
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 Asnois
What is the population of Asnois?
129 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (137).
How old are Asnois’ residents?
The median age is 63.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.1% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Asnois?
29, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Asnois?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Asnois?
€23,490 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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