Courgenay ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.7%
5.8% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 42% of households are headed by a retired person. Courgenay counted 564 residents and 260 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 28%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Courgenay
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Courgenay, 12% of its 340 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
Here 7.9% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.5% moved in within the last two years.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Courgenay behind 61% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Courgenay is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Courgenay 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Courgenay.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 24% of households are couples with children in Courgenay
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,380 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €23,380 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker here. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 7.3% of Courgenay’s residents
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 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Courgenay (7.3%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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 63% of compared French towns: 24%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Courgenay is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 564 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Courgenay sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courgenay | 49.2 | 28% | 12% | 7.3% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 8.9 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 12.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 13.4 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 14.4 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Paron 4,834 · 15.4 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 16 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
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 Courgenay
What is the population of Courgenay?
564 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (553).
How old are Courgenay’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courgenay?
39, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courgenay?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courgenay?
€23,380 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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