Cornay is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.2
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Cornay comes in at 50%. Here, 1.5% of homes are flats. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% 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 Cornay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cornay, 25% of its 64 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cornay’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cornay had 79 residents at the 2012 census and 69 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 36%. Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 6.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Cornay has 25%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Cornay: −13%
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 change was −20% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardennes town −9%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cornay 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Cornay is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% 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. Measured more widely, 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).
5.6% of residents in Cornay are immigrants
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.
Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up about one in 24 here (4.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
With married residents at 46%, Cornay is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Cornay ranks above 78% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 25%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 69 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.
No nearby town is as old as Cornay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornay | 59.2 | 31% | 25% | 5.6% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 13.3 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 14.8 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Cornay
What is the population of Cornay?
69 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (79).
How old are Cornay’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cornay?
16, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cornay?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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