Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
27% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Igney counted 1,133 residents and 510 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children come to 30% here, about three in ten. On households without a car, Igney sits lower than two thirds of compared French towns: 8%.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Igney
Fewer residents than in 2012
Igney had 1,191 residents at the 2012 census and 1,133 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 70% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Igney 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Igney is below 64% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.6, Igney is younger than 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
7.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Igney has fewer one-person households than 57% of compared French towns, at 34%.
Only 18% of homes are flats in Igney
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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 1.1%. At 7.1%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,130 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.
The median standard of living in Igney is €26,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The usual figure: 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.
In Igney, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 74% 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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 78% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,133 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Igney: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igney | 42.6 | 19% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 1.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 5.9 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 7.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 7.5 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 8.2 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 12 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
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 Igney
What is the population of Igney?
1,133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,191).
How old are Igney’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Igney?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Igney?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Igney?
€26,130 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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