2.8% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Cliron is 39.9, lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. The town had 409 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 30% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town. Flats: 8.5%, below 89% 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 Cliron
Growing fast
Cliron had 302 residents at the 2012 census and 409 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+35% since 2012, a pace 98% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +25%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardennes town −9%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cliron 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
23% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Cliron, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Cliron comes in at 12%. Couples with children: 27% of the total. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Cliron sits below 64% of compared French towns for empty homes (5.7%)
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. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In the last two years, 9.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more.
€27,000 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €27,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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 retired person: 38%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 95% of compared French towns: 1%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Cliron sits below 75% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
For Cliron, the census puts graduates of higher education at 30%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 409 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is older than Cliron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliron | 39.9 | 23% | 0% | 2.5% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 5.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 5.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 7 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 7.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Revin 5,716 · 8.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 10.8 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 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 Cliron
What is the population of Cliron?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (302).
How old are Cliron’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cliron?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cliron?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cliron?
€27,000 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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