Flats: 3.5%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brévilly counted 366 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes: 11% of the total. 0.6% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% 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 Brévilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brévilly had 398 residents at the 2012 census and 366 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brévilly changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brévilly 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Brévilly is 43.2, lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Brévilly has 28%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. There are 2.4 people in the average household. This Ardennes town has more single-parent households than 55% of compared French towns, at 10%.
Households without a car: 13%, a higher share than 59% 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
14% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,300 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.
Living standards centre on €24,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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 retired person is 32%; Brévilly has 24%. The usual figure: 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).
Only 0.5% of residents are immigrants in Brévilly
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Brévilly has 0.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 90% of compared French towns: 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Brévilly. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 94% 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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above 70% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Brévilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brévilly | 43.2 | 18% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 4.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 6.9 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 11.4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 12.5 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 16 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 17.7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
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 Brévilly
What is the population of Brévilly?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (398).
How old are Brévilly’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brévilly?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brévilly?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brévilly?
€24,300 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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