Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Arsonval is over 51.5
47% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 290 people lived in Arsonval, in 140 households. Census figures put single-parent households at 3.6% locally.
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 Arsonval
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arsonval had 339 residents at the 2012 census and 290 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Arsonval’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−14% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
In Arsonval, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 74% 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
■ Arsonval 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
20% of households are couples with children, below 74% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Arsonval has 41%. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Arsonval, 3.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 96% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. In Arsonval, 4.8% of homes are second homes. 9% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
Median standard of living: €26,120 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 €26,120 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 73% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 14%, more than in just over half of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of Arsonval’s residents 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. The census found that 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Arsonval.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 45% in Arsonval and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 290 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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).
Median age: 1 of the 3 towns around Arsonval are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsonval | 51.5 | 27% | 4.8% | 5.9% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 3.6 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 · 16.2 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 Arsonval
What is the population of Arsonval?
290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (339).
How old are Arsonval’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arsonval?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arsonval?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arsonval?
€26,120 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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