Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Nérignac is over 58.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Nérignac was home to 112 people in 61 households. Across Nérignac, 3.4% of households have no car. 1% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
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 Nérignac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nérignac, 24% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Nérignac’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nérignac had 133 residents at the 2012 census and 112 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nérignac ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 19%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 94% of compared French towns: 24%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Nérignac: −16%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Vienne. Here the change came as −8% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Nérignac ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nérignac 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 36%, Nérignac is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Nérignac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 9.1%
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
The average household has 1.8 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 65% of compared French towns. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone in Nérignac.
9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 82% 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 36% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
10% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 83% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 55% in Nérignac, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
The share of single residents trails 96% of compared French towns: 19%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Nérignac sits below 78% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 19% of the total. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 112 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Nérignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nérignac | 58.5 | 36% | 24% | 11% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 11.4 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 14.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
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 Nérignac
What is the population of Nérignac?
112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (133).
How old are Nérignac’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 4.7% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nérignac?
26, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nérignac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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