0.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over two in five households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Lignorelles is home to 185 residents in 82 households, by the 2023 Census. For Lignorelles, the census puts single-parent households at 5.9%. Few places have as many second homes: 9.4% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns.
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 Lignorelles
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lignorelles changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 63% 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
Over those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Lignorelles, 4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Lignorelles 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.5, Lignorelles is younger than 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Lignorelles sits below 79% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.4% of households have no car in Lignorelles. Add to that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Half above, half below €32,340 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.
Half of Lignorelles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €32,340 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Only 18% of households are headed by a retired person in Lignorelles
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 5.9% in Lignorelles and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 72% of compared French towns: 7.5% of residents are foreign nationals
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Lignorelles, 8%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lignorelles sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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 figure for single residents is 20% in Lignorelles and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 68% 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
In Lignorelles, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Lignorelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignorelles | 41.5 | 17% | 9.4% | 8% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 8.7 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 9.4 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 9.6 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 10.1 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 10.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
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 Lignorelles
What is the population of Lignorelles?
185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (182).
How old are Lignorelles’ residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lignorelles?
10, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lignorelles?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lignorelles?
€32,340 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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