In Ham-les-Moines, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Flats: 8.2% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.2%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. 356 residents in 150 households: that is Ham-les-Moines at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 4.1% here.
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 Ham-les-Moines
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ham-les-Moines had 387 residents at the 2012 census and 356 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.
Since 2012, Ham-les-Moines has changed by −8%, slower than 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
The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Ham-les-Moines sits above 76% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (12%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ham-les-Moines 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ham-les-Moines is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Ham-les-Moines, less than in 88% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.4 people share a household. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Ham-les-Moines sits below 90% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.8%)
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,180 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,180 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 26%
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 retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in Ham-les-Moines. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ham-les-Moines ranks below 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 18%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 356 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Ham-les-Moines are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham-les-Moines | 43.5 | 22% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 5.8 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 6.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 7.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 8.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Revin 5,716 · 9.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 11 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 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 Ham-les-Moines
What is the population of Ham-les-Moines?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (387).
How old are Ham-les-Moines’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ham-les-Moines?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ham-les-Moines?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ham-les-Moines?
€27,180 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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