0.8% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. 379 residents in 190 households: that is Verrue at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 1%. The town has fewer households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.7%.
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 Verrue
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Verrue’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Verrue had 398 residents at the 2012 census and 379 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 87% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
Verrue is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verrue 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Verrue.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 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: 2.6%
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 18% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household. Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 37% of households are one person living alone.
Verrue ranks above 98% of compared French towns on empty homes: 17%
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
9.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 30% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 9.9% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €22,340 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,340 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns: 16%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. Put another way, about one in three: just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.7%, a lower share than 66% 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.
For Verrue, the census puts foreign nationals at 5%. On average, 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Verrue
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 married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Verrue, less than in 88% 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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 379 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.
Verrue sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verrue | 51.1 | 29% | 9.9% | 4.7% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 10.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 11.4 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 13 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 14.4 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 15 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 15.6 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
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 Verrue
What is the population of Verrue?
379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (398).
How old are Verrue’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verrue?
26, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verrue?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verrue?
€22,340 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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