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La HorgneArdennes

154 people call this town in Ardennes, Grand Est home.

Is La Horgne a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves La Horgne out for now.

La Horgne’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
La Horgne’s story

No historic monuments in La Horgne

The Culture ministry lists no building in La Horgne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin dite de la Carmoterie, in Mazerny, 3.1 mi away.

12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Horgne.

Who lives here

Few people in La Horgne are 15 to 24: 8.8%, fewer than in Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Ardennes’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in La Horgne split evenly at 47.5: half are older, half younger.

47.5median age
La HorgneArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in La Horgne
La HorgneArdennes medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–248.8%10%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+21%25%22%
No diploma15%30%19%
CAP or BEP37%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education24%17%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in La Horgne run higher than in Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: a median €28,060 a year per consumption unit

2.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 11.0%, between Ardennes’ towns (18.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in La Horgne, 0.1 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in La Horgne is €8.57/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 7 homes in La Horgne.

€8.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Horgne€8.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€8.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.81 to €10.79/m² a month)
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée des Spahis and 2 more in and around La Horgne

Other places to visit and museums in and near La Horgne. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Horgne

12pages on La Horgne

Landmarks

Nothing in La Horgne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from La Horgne

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Horgne yet.

How we find them →

La Horgne’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ardennes →
Villers-SemeuseCharleville-MézièresVivier-au-CourtVrigne aux BoisSedanNouzonvilleVillers-SemeuseCharleville-MézièresVivier-au-CourtVrigne aux BoisSedanNouzonvilleLa Horgne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Horgne154—————
Villers-Semeuse3,6158.8BB+BC+
Charleville-Mézières45,5609.9DB+DD
Vivier-au-Court2,73210—B—D
Vrigne aux Bois3,51811C+BB+D−
Sedan16,66713DADD
Nouzonville5,52314B−A+B−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About La Horgne

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

La Horgne is a commune of 154 people in the Communauté de communes des Crêtes Préardennaises. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
154 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Crêtes Préardennaises
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.1 sq mi (5.3 km²)
INSEE code
08228

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.