A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are headed by a retired person in Nizy-le-Comte. There were 100 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 225 residents. Households in social housing account for 3%. Couples with children are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Nizy-le-Comte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nizy-le-Comte had 256 residents at the 2012 census and 225 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −12% change since 2012: slower than 98% 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
The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −8%.
21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 58% 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
■ Nizy-le-Comte 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Nizy-le-Comte’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Nizy-le-Comte ranks above 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 15%
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 2.3 people on average. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.7% of homes are flats
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
13% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.3%, more than in 65% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €23,710 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 Nizy-le-Comte is €23,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Across Nizy-le-Comte, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.9%, a lower share than 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.
The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Nizy-le-Comte.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 79% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Nizy-le-Comte has 24%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
30% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Graduates of higher education: 21%, below 84% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 225 to 2,582
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).
2 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Nizy-le-Comte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nizy-le-Comte | 44.4 | 21% | 3.3% | 0.9% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 9.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 14.8 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 16.4 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 16.8 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
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 Nizy-le-Comte
What is the population of Nizy-le-Comte?
225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (256).
How old are Nizy-le-Comte’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nizy-le-Comte?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nizy-le-Comte?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nizy-le-Comte?
€23,710 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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