0.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Puilly-et-Charbeaux had 219 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Second homes make up about one in 16 here (6.3%). Half of the town’s residents are over 49.8, older than in 83% 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 Puilly-et-Charbeaux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Puilly-et-Charbeaux had 264 residents at the 2012 census and 219 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Puilly-et-Charbeaux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −17% since 2012, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Ardennes town, the change came in two steps: −14% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Puilly-et-Charbeaux, more than in 60% 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
■ Puilly-et-Charbeaux 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 62% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children in Puilly-et-Charbeaux. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
Puilly-et-Charbeaux ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 20%
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
6.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 36% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Puilly-et-Charbeaux sits close to the norm on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,140 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.
At €27,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Puilly-et-Charbeaux, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 71% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. Set beside that, 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 16%
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.
14% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Married residents: 45%, a higher share than 61% of compared French towns
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
In Puilly-et-Charbeaux, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 13% in Puilly-et-Charbeaux, less than in 99% 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
Adults with no qualification: 26% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 219 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Puilly-et-Charbeaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Puilly-et-Charbeaux
What is the population of Puilly-et-Charbeaux?
219 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (264).
How old are Puilly-et-Charbeaux’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puilly-et-Charbeaux?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puilly-et-Charbeaux?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puilly-et-Charbeaux?
€27,140 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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