A median age of 59.4: Le Vigeant is older than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Le Vigeant has 3.2%. 657 residents in 310 households: that is Le Vigeant at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.6% of homes are flats. Higher than in 99% of compared French towns: 55% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Le Vigeant
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Vigeant, 26% of its 530 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Le Vigeant’s residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Le Vigeant (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 80 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The figure for households without a car is 8.5% in Le Vigeant and 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 2.2%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 15% of homes stand empty.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 83% 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 +3% and the next six −6%.
Le Vigeant ranks above 96% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Vigeant 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.5%, Le Vigeant is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children
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
Households here average 1.9 people each. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €22,390 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Le Vigeant is €22,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Only 4.4% of households are headed by a manual worker in Le Vigeant
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% 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).
Le Vigeant ranks above 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 21%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are foreign nationals in Le Vigeant. Measured more widely, 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.
Le Vigeant ranks above 80% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Le Vigeant. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Vigeant
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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 657 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Le Vigeant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Vigeant | 59.4 | 37% | 26% | 21% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 14.5 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 17.3 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
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 Le Vigeant
What is the population of Le Vigeant?
657 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (680).
How old are Le Vigeant’s residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Vigeant?
140, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Vigeant?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Vigeant?
€22,390 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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