4.1% of homes are flats, below 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Éteignières had 465 residents in 210 households at the 2023 census. 19% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in five. Here 4.7% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
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 Éteignières
Fewer residents than in 2012
Éteignières had 518 residents at the 2012 census and 465 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Éteignières behind 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Ardennes town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Éteignières, less than in 69% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Éteignières 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Éteignières is 42.7, lower than in 60% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 71% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone here.
6% of homes in Éteignières are second homes
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.7% moved in within the last two years. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Éteignières has more empty homes than 77% of compared French towns, at 9.6%. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.8% of households have no car here.
Median living standard: €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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 77% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
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 higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.8% 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Éteignières, less than in 87% 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
Here, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Éteignières has 18%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 465 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Éteignières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éteignières | 42.7 | 19% | 6% | 6.8% |
| Revin 5,716 · 11.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 11.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 13.9 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Anor 3,099 · 14.7 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 15.2 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 16.4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
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 Éteignières
What is the population of Éteignières?
465 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (518).
How old are Éteignières’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Éteignières?
15, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Éteignières?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (6.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Éteignières?
€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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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