Flats: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 6.1%, Arrelles is behind 79% of compared French towns on that count. 5.4% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 19. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. The town counted 90 residents and 47 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Arrelles
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arrelles, 13% of its 65 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 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.
Arrelles: 14% of homes stand empty, above 94% 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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Arrelles, 13% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Arrelles has changed by +3%, slower than 56% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Arrelles is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arrelles 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Arrelles is above 80% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are one person living alone here. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each.
Arrelles sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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 account for 10%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Arrelles’ residents
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.
Single residents make up 23% in Arrelles, less than in 70% of compared French towns
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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 90 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Arrelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrelles | 50.5 | 28% | 13% | 0% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 6.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 16.6 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 17.7 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 17.7 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
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 Arrelles
What is the population of Arrelles?
90 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (87).
How old are Arrelles’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arrelles?
8, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arrelles?
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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