Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.9%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Girondelle comes in at 4.7%. Half are older than 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Girondelle was home to 153 people in 64 households. Empty homes make up about one in 14 here (7.1%).
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 Girondelle
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Girondelle, 18% of its 85 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
7.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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
Over those years, the median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 72% of compared French towns: half of Girondelle is under 41.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Girondelle 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Girondelle, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
33% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are single parents in Girondelle.
At the median, €25,010 a year to live on
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.
At €25,010 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 33%, a higher share than 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (25%), Girondelle is below 83% of compared French towns. 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 lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 89% of compared French towns: 1.3%. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. 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.
57% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for single residents is 19% in Girondelle and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Girondelle, less than in 78% 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 adults with no qualification at 15%, Girondelle is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 153 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).
Every neighbor is older than Girondelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girondelle | 41.1 | 19% | 18% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 12.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Revin 5,716 · 12.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 14.6 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 15.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 16 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Anor 3,099 · 16.1 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
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 Girondelle
What is the population of Girondelle?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (147).
How old are Girondelle’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Girondelle?
15, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Girondelle?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Girondelle?
€25,010 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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