Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.7%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 230 households in Gué-d'Hossus at the 2023 Census, home to 504 residents. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. In Gué-d'Hossus, 6.3% of households are single parents, beside 10% 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 Gué-d'Hossus
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Gué-d'Hossus (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gué-d'Hossus had 530 residents at the 2012 census and 504 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Gué-d'Hossus changed by −5% since 2012
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 −1% and the next six −4%.
Half of Gué-d'Hossus is over 48, older than 75% 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
■ Gué-d'Hossus 48. The median compared French town: 44.
In Gué-d'Hossus, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns: 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
More empty homes than 73% of compared French towns: 9%
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
Some 4.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 36% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put households without a car at 7.9% in Gué-d'Hossus. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,860 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,860 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Gué-d'Hossus ranks above 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker in Gué-d'Hossus. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a third 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).
22% of residents are immigrants, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Gué-d'Hossus, 20%. The usual figure: 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.
Married residents make up 47% in Gué-d'Hossus, more than in 75% 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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 31%
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Gué-d'Hossus, 19%.
41 French towns of 504 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gué-d'Hossus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gué-d'Hossus | 48 | 23% | 2.4% | 22% |
| Revin 5,716 · 4.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 7.5 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 12 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 13.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 15.3 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 17.2 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 Gué-d'Hossus
What is the population of Gué-d'Hossus?
504 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (530).
How old are Gué-d'Hossus’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gué-d'Hossus?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gué-d'Hossus?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 99 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gué-d'Hossus?
€25,860 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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