Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Amance is over 54.3
Flats: 1.4%, below 99% of compared French towns. Amance has fewer couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%. At the 2023 Census Amance was home to 245 people in 120 households. About one in 34: that is how common households in social housing are in Amance (2.9%).
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Amance
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Amance, 11% of its 160 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 81% 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
Amance had 274 residents at the 2012 census and 245 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Amance’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Second homes: 11%, above 88% of compared French towns. Across Amance, 5% of households have no car. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A change of −11% since 2012 leaves Amance behind 98% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −11%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Amance 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 71% of compared French towns, at 8.7%
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 54% of compared French towns: 36%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,550 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,550 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Amance: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Amance, 13%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Amance sits below 89% of compared French towns for immigrants (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.
The share of foreign nationals trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 1.8%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% 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.
Above 64% of compared French towns: 45% of residents 15 and over are married
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 22%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 245 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Amance
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amance | 54.3 | 28% | 11% | 2.2% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 6.8 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 9.8 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 13.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Amance
What is the population of Amance?
245 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (274).
How old are Amance’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Amance?
17, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Amance?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Amance?
€24,550 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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