A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 40 people lived in Aure, in 20 households. The share of one-person households stands at 25%. In Aure, 16% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Aure
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aure, 11% of its 27 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aure had 49 residents at the 2012 census and 40 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 14% in Aure, more than in 94% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 27% moved in within the last two years. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 11% of homes are second homes here.
Since 2012, Aure has changed by −18%, slower than 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
Over those years, the median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −17% to 2023.
Half of Aure is under 43.5, younger than 54% 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
■ Aure 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Aure, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
20 households; 25% 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2 people on average.
The largest group of households: retired (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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Aure’s residents
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.
Foreign nationals 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Aure
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 trails three quarters of compared French towns: 39%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 5.7%, 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
Graduates of higher education: 17% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (40 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Aure is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aure | 43.5 | 23% | 11% | 0% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 9.5 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 11 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 15.5 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 17.6 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Aure
What is the population of Aure?
40 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (49).
How old are Aure’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aure?
3, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aure?
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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