1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
30% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in four fifths of compared French towns: 5.9%. Census day 2023: 210 residents and 98 households in Baâlons. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 12 here (8.6%).
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 Baâlons
Fewer residents than in 2012
Baâlons had 235 residents at the 2012 census and 210 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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 population moved −12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Older than 63% of compared French towns: half of Baâlons is over 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baâlons 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Baâlons comes in at 40%. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. For Baâlons, the census puts households without a car at 8.2%.
Half above, half below €26,000 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.
The median standard of living in Baâlons is €26,000 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 20% in Baâlons, less than in 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Baâlons has 5%. The wider picture: 32% 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).
1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Baâlons has 1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 210 to 2,582 people
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.
Baâlons sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baâlons | 46 | 20% | 5.9% | 1% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 10.6 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 11.8 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 11.9 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 12.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 13.4 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 14 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
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 Baâlons
What is the population of Baâlons?
210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (235).
How old are Baâlons’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baâlons?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baâlons?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baâlons?
€26,000 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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