19% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Faissault. Still, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% of compared French towns. The town’s 100 households held 255 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 33: 3% of households have no car.
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.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Faissault ahead of 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Faissault, less than in 68% 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
■ Faissault 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Faissault’s residents are under 42.6, younger than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Faissault, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 19% in Faissault, more than in 99% 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 third of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.9% (under two years). 3.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,670 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 median standard of living in Faissault is €27,670 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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. As a yardstick, 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).
In Faissault, 0.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.6% in Faissault. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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%, Faissault is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 69% 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
With graduates of higher education at 27%, Faissault is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 255 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Faissault
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faissault | 42.6 | 19% | 2.1% | 0.8% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 9.1 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 14.2 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 14.4 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 16.3 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 16.8 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 Faissault
What is the population of Faissault?
255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (228).
How old are Faissault’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faissault?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faissault?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faissault?
€27,670 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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