Floing ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.2%
By its share of households headed by a retired person (43%), Floing is above 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,270 people lived here, in 1,050 households. The census found that nearly one in ten homes are flats in the town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.7% here, fewer than in 87% 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 Floing
Fewer residents than in 2012
Floing had 2,485 residents at the 2012 census and 2,270 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Floing: −9%
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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Ardennes.
Floing is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 48
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Floing 48. The median compared French town: 44.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Here, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 60% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 63% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.4% (under two years). The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. On second homes, Floing sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 1.5%. At 7%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
€25,430 a year: the median standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,430 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. 13.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.2%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Floing is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Floing, 1.8%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Floing has 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,270 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Floing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floing | 48 | 26% | 1.5% | 3.7% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 1.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 3.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 4.8 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 8.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 10.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 10.6 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
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 Floing
What is the population of Floing?
2,270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,485).
How old are Floing’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Floing?
17, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Floing?
INSEE counts 85 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Floing?
€25,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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