Younger than 95% of compared French towns: half of Cys-la-Commune is under 35.8
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (31%), Cys-la-Commune is above 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 1.3% of homes are flats. One-person households are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 161, in 65 households.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Cys-la-Commune
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Cys-la-Commune’s residents are under 35.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 9.6% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 58% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aisne town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 9.6%, a lower share than 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
■ Cys-la-Commune 35.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Cys-la-Commune has 9.6%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
5.9% of homes are second homes, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Census figures put households without a car at 7.5% in Cys-la-Commune. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,010 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,010 a year: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in Cys-la-Commune. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 69% 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
Single residents: 24%, below 64% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 18% in Cys-la-Commune, less than in 56% 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
For Cys-la-Commune, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 161 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.
At the ends of the range sit Cys-la-Commune (35.8), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Cys-la-Commune
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Cys-la-Commune
What is the population of Cys-la-Commune?
161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (151).
How old are Cys-la-Commune’s residents?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cys-la-Commune?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cys-la-Commune?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cys-la-Commune?
€24,010 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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