2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Liart is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 585 residents and 240 households here. Households in social housing account for 7.4%. This Ardennes town has fewer couples with children than 63% of compared French towns, at 22%.
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 Liart
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Liart grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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
The first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Liart is older than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Liart 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% in Liart.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Liart ranks above 57% of compared French towns on one-person households: 37%
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: 2.2 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Liart has more single-parent households than 53% of compared French towns, at 10%.
Liart: 12% of homes stand empty, above 90% 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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Liart has 4.1%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. On flats, Liart sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 12%.
A median of €23,480 a year per consumption unit
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 Liart’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Liart. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 96% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Liart has 1.2%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Liart sits below 61% of compared French towns for married residents (41%)
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
Single residents are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 35% of adults out of school have no qualification in Liart. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 585 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Liart are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liart | 47.1 | 31% | 4.1% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 13.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 15.6 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 16.7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Revin 5,716 · 17.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 17.9 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 18 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
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 Liart
What is the population of Liart?
585 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (548).
How old are Liart’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Liart?
12, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Liart?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Liart?
€23,480 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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