Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; La Romagne has 38%. On residents aged 65 and over, La Romagne sits higher than 75% of compared French towns: 27%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 130, in 59 households. Across La Romagne, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children.
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 La Romagne
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Romagne, 10% of its 79 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 10% in La Romagne. 14% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 84% 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%.
La Romagne sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Romagne 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Romagne’s residents are over 46.4, older than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In La Romagne, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 64% 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. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €20,290 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 La Romagne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,290 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
2.3% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in La Romagne
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, La Romagne has 49%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in La Romagne comes in at 28%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 130 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
La Romagne and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Romagne | 46.4 | 27% | 10% | 2.3% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 11.9 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
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 La Romagne
What is the population of La Romagne?
130 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (135).
How old are La Romagne’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Romagne?
8, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Romagne?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Romagne?
€20,290 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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