A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are single parents in Linazay. On households headed by a retired person, Linazay sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 24%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 216, in 100 households. 3% of households have no car.
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 Linazay
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Linazay, 16% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Linazay (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Linazay: 16% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Across Linazay, 7.8% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Linazay changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Linazay sits below 87% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Linazay 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Linazay’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 71% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Linazay
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 average 2.1 people. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
€20,280 a year: the median standard of living
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 €20,280 a year: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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
Here, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 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).
17% of residents are immigrants, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 90% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 15% 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.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 27% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Compared with other places, married residents are common here: 44%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 216 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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).
3 of 4 neighbors are older than Linazay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linazay | 47.4 | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Civray 2,522 · 5.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 9.5 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 10.3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Melle 5,752 · 16.3 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
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 Linazay
What is the population of Linazay?
216 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (211).
How old are Linazay’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linazay?
22, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linazay?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linazay?
€20,280 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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