Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 12%
25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%. Gruyères had 102 residents in 41 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car stands at 7.5%.
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 Gruyères
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gruyères, 12% of its 47 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 50% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Gruyères had 79 residents at the 2012 census and 102 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
57% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 27% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes are second homes, a share 89% 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
5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +29% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%. The first five years brought +25%; the six to 2023, +3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 86% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gruyères 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Gruyères’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 25% in Gruyères, more than in 99% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Gruyères: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 76% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Gruyères, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Gruyères and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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 91% 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
For Gruyères, the census puts married residents at 44%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Gruyères ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 1.4%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 57% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 102 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gruyères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gruyères | 42.5 | 16% | 12% | 2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 6.4 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 6.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 9.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 10.1 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 11.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 12.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
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 Gruyères
What is the population of Gruyères?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (79).
How old are Gruyères’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gruyères?
5, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gruyères?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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