A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 44%
Flats make up 0.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Avançon’s 120 households held 341 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 24% of the total. 4.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Avançon
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Avançon’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Avançon’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 72% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Ardennes town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Younger than 91% of compared French towns: half of Avançon is under 37.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avançon 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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
The average household has 2.7 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
3.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 64% 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
7.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Median standard of living: €27,330 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,330 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 64% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Avançon. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Married residents: 55%, a higher share than 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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 come to 31% in Avançon, about three in ten. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (341 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Avançon is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avançon | 37.2 | 19% | 3.2% | 0.6% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 6 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 8.7 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 12.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 14.1 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 15.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
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 Avançon
What is the population of Avançon?
341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (308).
How old are Avançon’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avançon?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avançon?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avançon?
€27,330 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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