Photo: Harrie Gielen · CC BY-SA 4.0Empty homes make up 18% in Revin, more than in 98% of compared French towns
The median age in Revin is 49.3, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. This Ardennes town counted 5,716 residents and 2,620 households at the 2023 Census. For Revin, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 3.9%. Households without a car: 21% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Revin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Revin had 6,979 residents at the 2012 census and 5,716 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 600 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Revin changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
In two steps, −11% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Ardennes.
In Revin, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% 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
■ Revin 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Revin, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Revin, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 70% 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Few places have so few couples with children: 23% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Revin, 18% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 71% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. More second homes than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 3%. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. One household in five has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A median of €20,220 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 €20,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 28.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Revin, more than in 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (20%), Revin is above 84% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns, at 12%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 8.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
27% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Revin, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Revin, 34%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,676 to 5,756 people, the 12th 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.
Valdahon is the youngest (35.2); Carry-le-Rouet the oldest (56.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Revin, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revin | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 4.4 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 7.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 9.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 12.3 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 14.2 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 16.1 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 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 Revin
What is the population of Revin?
5,716 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (6,979).
How old are Revin’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Revin?
99, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Revin?
INSEE counts 680 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 470 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Revin?
€20,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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