In Taillette, 1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
23% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Taillette had 407 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. For Taillette, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 33%. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Taillette
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Taillette (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Taillette has grown +6%, faster than 54% 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
Over those years, the median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +1% to 2023.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below 80% 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
■ Taillette 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Taillette’s residents are under 43.6, younger than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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
30% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Households without a car: 5.3%, a lower share than 85% 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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. Second homes: 6.4% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,900 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns: 23%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 6.7% in Taillette and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 32% 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 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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.
The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 19% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns: 29%
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
46% are married and 2.4% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 5.1% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Taillette: 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 87% 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
Here 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Taillette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillette | 43.6 | 17% | 6.4% | 20% |
| Revin 5,716 · 6.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 10 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 13.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 13.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 15.3 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 15.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
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 Taillette
What is the population of Taillette?
407 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (385).
How old are Taillette’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taillette?
11, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taillette?
INSEE counts 81 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 77 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taillette?
€24,900 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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