Sommelans ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 50%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Sommelans, 4.5%. Across Sommelans, 16% of residents are 65 or over. The town has more empty homes than 67% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. The 2023 Census counted 56 residents in 22 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 Sommelans
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sommelans had 61 residents at the 2012 census and 56 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 95% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
Sommelans ranks below 82% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sommelans 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.5, Sommelans is older than 53% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
22 households; 0% are one person
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The typical household size is 2.6 people.
100% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Sommelans ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 50%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Sommelans comes in at 25%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Sommelans’ 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 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
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 a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 5%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 56 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Sommelans are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommelans | 44.5 | 16% | 0% | 0% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 7.6 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 8 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 10.7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 11.2 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 12.1 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Lizy-sur-Ourcq 3,627 · 14.5 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 2.1% | 16% |
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 Sommelans
What is the population of Sommelans?
56 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (61).
How old are Sommelans’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sommelans?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sommelans?
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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