Arreux sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.9%)
23% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. On households headed by a manual worker, Arreux sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 10%. This Ardennes town had 353 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.7%.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 change of +2% since 2012 leaves Arreux behind 61% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%.
A median age of 47.3: Arreux is older than 71% 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
■ Arreux 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%). In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Arreux, 10%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Arreux ranks above 89% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 13%
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Arreux has 27%.
Empty homes make up 4.4% in Arreux, less than in 83% of compared French towns
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1.3% of homes are second homes.
Half above, half below €29,440 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €29,440 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Arreux ranks below 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.7%
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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Arreux (33%). Elsewhere, 9.4% of 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 make up 4% in Arreux, less than in 74% 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 Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Arreux ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Arreux has 51%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 86% 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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (353 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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 of 6 neighbors are older than Arreux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arreux | 47.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 4.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 5.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 5.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Revin 5,716 · 7.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 9.9 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
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 Arreux
What is the population of Arreux?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (346).
How old are Arreux’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arreux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arreux?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arreux?
€29,440 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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