Harcy ranks above 95% of compared French towns on couples with children: 36%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Harcy, 1.7%. This Ardennes town counted 515 residents and 200 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 3.8% of the total. More empty homes than in 84% of compared French towns: 11%.
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 Harcy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 51% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −9% in Ardennes.
Harcy is younger than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Harcy 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Harcy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5%)
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone.
97% of homes are houses
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 1.2% of homes are second homes in Harcy.
A median standard of living of €25,210 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Harcy sits below 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.2%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Harcy has 37%. What’s more, this Ardennes town has more households headed by a manual worker than 71% of compared French towns, at 17%. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Harcy
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 0.8% in Harcy. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 70% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Harcy comes in at 23%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 58% of compared French towns: 18%
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 graduates of higher education stands at 29%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (515 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Harcy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harcy | 41.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Revin 5,716 · 7.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 8.4 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 8.5 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 8.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 10.4 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 12.2 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
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 Harcy
What is the population of Harcy?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (493).
How old are Harcy’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Harcy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Harcy?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Harcy?
€25,210 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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