Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Gespunsart is 50, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. This Ardennes town had 954 residents in 480 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 6% of the total. Empty homes make up 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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 Gespunsart
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gespunsart had 1,109 residents at the 2012 census and 954 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−14% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −10%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gespunsart 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over in Gespunsart. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Gespunsart sits below 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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 average 2 people. On single-parent households, Gespunsart sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 8.3%. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. By its share of one-person households (38%), Gespunsart is above just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 8% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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 7.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 34%. At 14%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 2.7% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,320 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 Gespunsart is €23,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
On the census count, a third of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
Here 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 88% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Gespunsart, less than in 92% 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
Adults with no qualification: 30% here and 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 954 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 Gespunsart
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gespunsart | 50 | 27% | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 3.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 5.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 5.9 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 6.4 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 6.6 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 Gespunsart
What is the population of Gespunsart?
954 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (1,109).
How old are Gespunsart’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gespunsart?
15, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gespunsart?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gespunsart?
€23,320 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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