1.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Germigny has 4.1%. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Higher than in 81% of compared French towns: 6.4% of homes are second homes. This Yonne town is home to 530 residents in 250 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Germigny
An older town
Half of Germigny’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Germigny behind 83% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne.
Half of Germigny is over 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Germigny 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Germigny has fewer single-parent households than 77% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. With couples with children at 24%, Germigny is behind 55% of compared French towns on that count.
In Germigny, 9.9% of homes stand empty, more than in 79% 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
The share of households without a car trails 77% of compared French towns: 6.4%. What’s more, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Half above, half below €26,220 a year in standard of living
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 €26,220 a year: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Germigny, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 87% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (19%), Germigny is above 79% of compared French towns. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 88% 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.
The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 4.6% in Germigny.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
49% are married and 5.3% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.5% are widowed. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Germigny
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 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Around Germigny, 1 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germigny | 51.5 | 25% | 6.4% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 2.7 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 7.7 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 12.4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 13.1 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 13.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 14.7 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
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 Germigny
What is the population of Germigny?
530 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (549).
How old are Germigny’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Germigny?
19, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Germigny?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Germigny?
€26,220 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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