Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Auflance, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Auflance comes in at 29%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. This Ardennes town had 82 residents in 36 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 5.6% of the total.
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.
What stands out about the people of Auflance
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Auflance, 20% of its 54 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Auflance (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 36% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 33% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 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.
Auflance ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. 13% of homes stand empty, or about one in eight. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Auflance behind 70% 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 change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Auflance is over 48.8, older than 78% 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
■ Auflance 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of Auflance’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Ardennes town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Auflance sits higher than 68% of compared French towns: 29%.
Households headed by a retired person: 43%, a higher share than 90% 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 make up 14%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
36% of residents are immigrants, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
With foreign nationals at 33%, Auflance is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of married residents stands at 43%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Auflance ranks below 81% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 82 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Auflance is older than every town around it
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 Auflance
What is the population of Auflance?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (82).
How old are Auflance’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auflance?
11, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auflance?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 36% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (33%). 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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