In Argançon, 29% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Here 2.2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. In 2023, the Census found 101 residents in Argançon, living in 48 households. Across Argançon, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker. This Aube town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns, at 8.4%.
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 Argançon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Argançon, 29% of its 76 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 60% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Argançon sits below 79% of compared French towns for flats (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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.7% moved in during the last two years and 38% have stayed three decades or more. With empty homes at 8%, Argançon is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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 +9%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%.
A median age of 46.3: Argançon is older than 65% 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
■ Argançon 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Argançon has 20%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Argançon has 33%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Argançon, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Argançon are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% 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 70% of compared French towns: 46% 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
Here, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Argançon, less than in 93% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Argançon comes in at 13%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (101 to 2,582 people), the 18th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Argançon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argançon | 46.3 | 20% | 29% | 0% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 4.9 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 10.2 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 14 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 Argançon
What is the population of Argançon?
101 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (99).
How old are Argançon’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argançon?
22, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argançon?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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