Hierges is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.5
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are single parents here. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 84 households in Hierges at the 2023 Census, home to 154 residents. Locally, 53% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Hierges
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hierges had 213 residents at the 2012 census and 154 in 2023, down 28%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Hierges (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Hierges’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Hierges has changed by −28%, slower than 99% 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 those years, the median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then −21% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, a higher share than 93% 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
■ Hierges 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Hierges sits below 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (13%)
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Hierges has 47%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
Empty homes: 21%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of homes are flats in Hierges. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common second homes are in Hierges (8.8%). Households without a car are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,590 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 €23,590 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 manager or professional: 6.7% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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 higher share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 (15%), Hierges is above 92% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Hierges, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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
By its share of single residents (24%), Hierges is below 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Hierges sits below 68% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 59% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 154 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Hierges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hierges | 56.5 | 34% | 8.8% | 21% |
| Givet 6,364 · 4.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 5% | 18% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 8.1 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Revin 5,716 · 12.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 17.3 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 Hierges
What is the population of Hierges?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% fewer than in 2012 (213).
How old are Hierges’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hierges?
10, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hierges?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hierges?
€23,590 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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