Raillicourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 20% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Raillicourt’s population at 229, in 100 households. Roughly three in ten: 30% of households are one person living alone. The median age locally is 48.7, higher than in 78% 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.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 51% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and +13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Ardennes.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 60% of compared French towns, at 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Raillicourt 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%). Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 8.9% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,140 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 residents live in households above €27,140 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Raillicourt comes in at 30%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% 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%; Raillicourt has 0.4%. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 51%
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Raillicourt, less than in 74% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 229 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Raillicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raillicourt | 48.7 | 22% | 0% | 0.9% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 9.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 9.8 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 12.2 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 13.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 13.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 13.8 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 Raillicourt
What is the population of Raillicourt?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (218).
How old are Raillicourt’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Raillicourt?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Raillicourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Raillicourt?
€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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