1.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 45% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone. There were 59 households in Blombay at the 2023 Census, home to 128 residents. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.8% of homes are flats.
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 Blombay
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Blombay’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 67% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Blombay sits above 73% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blombay 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Blombay’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Blombay, 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Blombay: 27% of households are couples with children, above 61% of compared French towns
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 65% of compared French towns: 9.1%.
Blombay sits above 96% of compared French towns for empty homes (16%)
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 make up 5%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.8% of homes are second homes. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,540 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,540 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Blombay: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 75% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, below 67% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.8%). Typically, 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.
Blombay ranks below 90% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 72% of compared French towns: 15%
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
With graduates of higher education at 27%, Blombay is behind 59% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 128 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Blombay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blombay | 42.5 | 26% | 7.8% | 4.6% |
| Revin 5,716 · 11.4 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 12.2 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 12.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 13.6 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 13.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 15.8 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
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 Blombay
What is the population of Blombay?
128 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (127).
How old are Blombay’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blombay?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blombay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blombay?
€26,540 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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