Sionne ranks below 95% of compared French towns on flats: 5.6%
9.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 139 residents in Sionne, living in 61 households. Across Sionne, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Sionne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sionne had 145 residents at the 2012 census and 139 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sionne has changed by −4%, slower than 85% 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, −3% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −6% in Vosges.
Sionne is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sionne 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 75% 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
The share of single-parent households trails 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
5.6% of homes in Sionne are second homes
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
Without a car: one household in six, against 11% in the median compared French town. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 18%.
Median living standard: €23,280 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 Sionne is €23,280 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Sionne sits above 67% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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 57% of compared French towns. Against that, 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).
Sionne ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Sionne, 1.4%. Typically, 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 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Sionne
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
Here 29% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Sionne has 21%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 139 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.
Sionne and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sionne | 42.5 | 24% | 5.6% | 1.4% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 3.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 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 Sionne
What is the population of Sionne?
139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (145).
How old are Sionne’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sionne?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sionne?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sionne?
€23,280 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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