A median age of 57.5: Rubigny is older than 97% of compared French towns
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Rubigny has 60%. By contrast, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 55 residents locally, living in 29 households. Census figures put flats at 1.6% here.
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 Rubigny
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rubigny, 34% of its 59 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rubigny had 73 residents at the 2012 census and 55 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Rubigny’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rubigny: 34% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Here 17% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 12% of the total.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Rubigny changed by −25% since 2012
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 −8% from 2012 to 2017 and −18% from 2017 to 2023.
Rubigny ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rubigny 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 36% in Rubigny and 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 20%, a lower share than 74% 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
Average household size: 1.9 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Rubigny: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 83% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the 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).
Rubigny ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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.
Rubigny ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 13%
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
Married people make up 48% and PACS partners 10%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 10% are widowed. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 85% 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 Rubigny, 18%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 55 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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 Rubigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubigny | 57.5 | 36% | 34% | 2% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 14.1 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 16.6 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 16.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 17.3 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
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 Rubigny
What is the population of Rubigny?
55 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (73).
How old are Rubigny’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rubigny?
20, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rubigny?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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