Apremont sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.7%)
Households headed by a retired person make up 42%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 16% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 415 people lived in Apremont, in 180 households. The census found that 7.2% of homes are second homes locally.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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.
A +8% change since 2012: Apremont grew faster than 62% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, +10%.
In Apremont, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 79% 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
■ Apremont 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Apremont is 43.8, lower than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 74% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Here, 8.3% of households are single parents. Couples with children are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 13% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
In the last two years, 8.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 50% of compared French towns: 6.7%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,020 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 Apremont is €28,020 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Apremont, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Apremont has 11%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Apremont. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 71% 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
Here 42% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Apremont, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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 Apremont, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 415 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
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).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Apremont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apremont | 43.8 | 21% | 7.2% | 3.1% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 3.1 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 3.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 4.4 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 4.6 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 5.3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Valserhône 16,712 · 9.8 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 2.9% | 21% |
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 Apremont
What is the population of Apremont?
415 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (385).
How old are Apremont’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Apremont?
15, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Apremont?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Apremont?
€28,020 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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