Glaire is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.1
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Glaire has 3.5%. Its 360 households held 846 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.1% here, fewer than in 94% 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 Glaire
An older town
Half of Glaire’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Glaire had 921 residents at the 2012 census and 846 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Glaire behind 95% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardennes town −9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Glaire sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Glaire 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Glaire, 37%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4% of households are single parents
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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Glaire. What’s more, at 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
A smaller share of flats than 87% of compared French towns: 9.7%
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
At 1.6%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 14 here (7.1%).
The median resident lives on €26,460 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Glaire’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Glaire ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.1%), Glaire is below 78% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Glaire sits above 88% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (29%)
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
Graduates of higher education make up 21%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 846 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Glaire
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaire | 56.1 | 37% | 1.6% | 3.9% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 1.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 3.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 4.2 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 7.8 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 9.4 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 10.3 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 Glaire
What is the population of Glaire?
846 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (921).
How old are Glaire’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Glaire?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Glaire?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Glaire?
€26,460 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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