Stigny is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.5
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Stigny comes in at 9.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 89 residents and 54 households here. Here, 12% of homes stand empty.
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 Stigny
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Stigny, 26% of its 86 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Stigny’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Stigny had 113 residents at the 2012 census and 89 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Stigny’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Stigny: 26% of homes are second homes, above 94% 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
Some 3.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 30% who have been there 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 11% in Stigny. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Stigny changed by −21% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −17%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Stigny, more than in 94% 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
■ Stigny 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
9% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
55% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% 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
By its share of single-parent households (27%), Stigny is above 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.7 people each.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
In Stigny, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Stigny: 6.7% of residents are immigrants
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.7% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.5%, close to the figure 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.
Stigny sits above 84% of compared French towns for single residents (31%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Stigny, 37%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Stigny ranks above 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 23%
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 89 to 2,582 people
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 old as Stigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stigny | 59.5 | 35% | 26% | 6.7% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 11.2 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 13.2 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 16.9 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Stigny
What is the population of Stigny?
89 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (113).
How old are Stigny’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Stigny?
22, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Stigny?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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