Coulombiers sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.2%)
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Coulombiers has 28%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,155, in 510 households. Here, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.8% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
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.
Since 2012, Coulombiers has grown +7%, faster than 59% 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 +8% and the next six −1%.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 87% 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
■ Coulombiers 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Coulombiers is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Coulombiers ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Coulombiers has more couples with children than 64% of compared French towns, at 28%.
Households without a car: 6.3%, a lower share than 78% 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
At 1.3%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Here, 7.3% of homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €24,570 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 €24,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Coulombiers is above 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Coulombiers, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Coulombiers. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,155 to 2,582 people: this is the 17th youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Coulombiers, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulombiers | 44.6 | 23% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| Lusignan 2,544 · 4.7 mi | 51.7 | 32% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Fontaine-le-Comte 3,972 · 5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Vivonne 4,550 · 5.5 mi | 41 | 21% | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Iteuil 2,989 · 5.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 2% | 2.3% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 6 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Ligugé 3,444 · 6.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
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 Coulombiers
What is the population of Coulombiers?
1,155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,081).
How old are Coulombiers’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coulombiers?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coulombiers?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coulombiers?
€24,570 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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