37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of flats trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%. This’s 97 households held 224 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 21% of households are headed by a retired person. 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 This
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than This: +3%
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%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ This 44. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44, This is younger than half of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
In This, 5.3% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On top of that, by its share of households without a car (6.2%), This is below 79% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,080 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €30,080 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Above 57% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.9% of residents are immigrants in This
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 lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
This ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 71% of compared French towns: 37%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 224 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: This
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This | 44 | 17% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 4.9 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 6 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 7.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 9.7 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 9.7 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 11 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
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 This
What is the population of This?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (217).
How old are This’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in This?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in This?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in This?
€30,080 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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