1.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 7.6%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Half are older than 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Jonval
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Jonval’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 65% of compared French towns grew faster than Jonval: +1%
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 change was +13% from 2012 to 2017 and −10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardennes town −9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.7% in Jonval, less than in 98% 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
■ Jonval 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Jonval’s residents are over 51.5, older than in 88% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% locally.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns, at 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Census figures put one-person households at 33% in Jonval. The typical household size is 2.3 people.
19% of homes stand empty, more than in 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
Turnover: 5.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A median standard of living of €24,860 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 €24,860 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
For Jonval, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. Measured more widely, 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).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 79% 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.
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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: 9.7%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Jonval has 58%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Jonval ranks below 92% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 88 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Jonval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonval | 51.5 | 22% | 7.6% | 3.4% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 11.7 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 12.3 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 13.4 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 13.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 14 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 14.4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 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 Jonval
What is the population of Jonval?
88 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (87).
How old are Jonval’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jonval?
4, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jonval?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jonval?
€24,860 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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