Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Marquigny is over 58.8
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are couples with children here. Marquigny had 71 residents in 34 households at the 2023 census. In Marquigny, 2.9% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Marquigny
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marquigny, 12% of its 42 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Marquigny’s residents are under 58.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marquigny had 89 residents at the 2012 census and 71 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.4% of homes are flats
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
The share of second homes is 12%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 8.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more.
−20% since 2012, a pace below 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardennes town −9%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −15% from 2017 to 2023.
37% of residents are 65 or over, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marquigny 58.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Marquigny has 7%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
In Marquigny, 75% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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 manual worker: 13% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants: 4.2%, a lower share than 71% 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.
The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 36: that is how common foreign nationals are in Marquigny (2.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Marquigny sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (11%)
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
The share of married residents tops 98% of compared French towns: 54%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 29%
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, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 71 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
Marquigny is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquigny | 58.8 | 37% | 12% | 4.2% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 10.1 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 13.4 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 13.9 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 14.6 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 14.7 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 14.9 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
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 Marquigny
What is the population of Marquigny?
71 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (89).
How old are Marquigny’s residents?
The median age is 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marquigny?
5, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marquigny?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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