Fewer one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Givonne counted 1,055 residents and 440 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 8.4% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.2% here, fewer than in 72% 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 Givonne
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Givonne had 1,120 residents at the 2012 census and 1,055 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 90% 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 −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardennes town −9%.
Older than 59% of compared French towns: half of Givonne is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Givonne 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Givonne is above 77% of compared French towns. On the census count, a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Givonne ranks above 90% of compared French towns on couples with children: 34%
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 2.4 people each. On single-parent households, Givonne sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 5.7%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 1.1% of homes are second homes
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
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Givonne has 9.6%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,240 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.
At €27,240 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns: 28%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.9% in Givonne. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
In Givonne, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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 84% 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 88% 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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Givonne ranks above 62% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 21%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,055 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st oldest
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).
Older than Givonne: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givonne | 45.3 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 2.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 7.3 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 10 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 10.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 12.5 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 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 Givonne
What is the population of Givonne?
1,055 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,120).
How old are Givonne’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Givonne?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Givonne?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Givonne?
€27,240 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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