15% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Saint-Aignan, 11% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 152 residents and 62 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 4.8% of the total. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone.
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 Saint-Aignan
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Aignan, 14% of its 83 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A +8% change since 2012: Saint-Aignan grew faster than 62% 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, +6% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Ardennes.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% 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
■ Saint-Aignan 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Aignan is 40.5, lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. Households here average 2.4 people each. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,870 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,870 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 7.7%, a lower share than 88% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 62% of compared French towns: 7.7%. As a reference point, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Aignan, 0.7%. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Saint-Aignan sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
By its share of single residents (18%), Saint-Aignan is below 98% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 73% 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
28% of Saint-Aignan’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 152 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Aignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aignan | 40.5 | 17% | 14% | 1.3% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 5.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 5.9 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 7.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 9.7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 12.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
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 Saint-Aignan
What is the population of Saint-Aignan?
152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (141).
How old are Saint-Aignan’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aignan?
12, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aignan?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aignan?
€27,870 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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