A median age of 56.7: Savigné is older than 96% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 1.3% in Savigné and 12% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 2.4%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Savigné was home to 1,256 people in 620 households.
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 Savigné
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Savigné, 12% of its 810 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 87% 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 Savigné’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Savigné had 1,346 residents at the 2012 census and 1,256 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 92 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 12%, a higher share than 89% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. On empty homes, Savigné sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 11%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. By its share of households without a car (8.9%), Savigné is below just over three fifths of compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
Savigné ranks above 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Savigné 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4%
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
Here 37% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. About one in five: that is how common couples with children are in Savigné (19%).
Median living standard: €22,760 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,760 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Savigné ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 46%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% 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).
Savigné: 6.1% 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.
The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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 figure for married residents is 50% in Savigné and 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Savigné sits below 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,256 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Savigné and its 3 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigné | 56.7 | 33% | 12% | 6.1% |
| Civray 2,522 · 1.9 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 11.2 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 11.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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 Savigné
What is the population of Savigné?
1,256 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,346).
How old are Savigné’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savigné?
99, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savigné?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Savigné?
€22,760 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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