Faux sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.8%)
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Faux has 20%. 14% more people than in 2012. Couples with children are rarer here than in 74% of compared French towns. This Ardennes town is home to 64 residents in 22 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Faux
A young town
Half of Faux’s residents are under 37.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Faux ahead of 80% 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
The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +12% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardennes town −9%.
Younger than 90% of compared French towns: half of Faux is under 37.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Faux 37.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 87% of compared French towns: 16%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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 Faux comes in at 20%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. The average household has 2.9 people.
More empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. 45% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years.
Faux sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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. For comparison, 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).
0% of residents in Faux 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.
Immigrants are rarer here 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.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Faux sits below 97% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (9.3%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 64 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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 young as Faux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faux | 37.6 | 16% | 0% | 0% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 6.2 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 12.8 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 17.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
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 Faux
What is the population of Faux?
64 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (56).
How old are Faux’s residents?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faux?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faux?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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