Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Dolignon is over 61
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Dolignon has 33%. For Dolignon, the census puts empty homes at 21%. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 12%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. This Aisne town had 30 residents in 17 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Dolignon
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dolignon, 18% of its 28 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Dolignon’s residents are under 61 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dolignon had 55 residents at the 2012 census and 30 in 2023, down 45%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Dolignon’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 41% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Dolignon’s population moved −45% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%. The first five years brought −11%; the six to 2023, −39%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dolignon 61. The median compared French town: 44.
In Dolignon, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 67%, a higher share than 99% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person: 33%, a higher share than 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Dolignon 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 are rarer here 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 88% 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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Dolignon sits below 92% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Dolignon has 29%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 30 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Dolignon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolignon | 61 | 37% | 18% | 0% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 10.5 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 13.2 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 13.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Anor 3,099 · 17.9 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
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 Dolignon
What is the population of Dolignon?
30 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 45% fewer than in 2012 (55).
How old are Dolignon’s residents?
The median age is 61, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.3% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dolignon?
5, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dolignon?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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