Thin-le-Moutier sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Thin-le-Moutier has 32%. The town has more empty homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 10%. At the 2023 Census Thin-le-Moutier was home to 702 people in 270 households. Across Thin-le-Moutier, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Thin-le-Moutier
Growing fast
Thin-le-Moutier had 558 residents at the 2012 census and 702 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Thin-le-Moutier’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Thin-le-Moutier has grown +26%, faster than 95% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Thin-le-Moutier is younger than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thin-le-Moutier 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.5% in Thin-le-Moutier. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 16% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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
There are 2.6 people in the average household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 76% of compared French towns: 12%.
Thin-le-Moutier sits below 64% of compared French towns for households without a car (8.3%)
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Here, 3.6% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,150 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 €25,150 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% 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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 5.4% of Thin-le-Moutier’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.2%), Thin-le-Moutier is below 91% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thin-le-Moutier ranks below 92% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Thin-le-Moutier. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 71% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Thin-le-Moutier. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 702 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Thin-le-Moutier is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thin-le-Moutier | 38.6 | 16% | 3.6% | 2.2% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 10 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 10.8 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 12.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 14.4 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 14.7 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 15.6 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 Thin-le-Moutier
What is the population of Thin-le-Moutier?
702 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (558).
How old are Thin-le-Moutier’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thin-le-Moutier?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thin-le-Moutier?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thin-le-Moutier?
€25,150 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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