22% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in Dienville and 11% in the typical compared French town. This Aube town is home to 813 residents in 410 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 16% of households are couples with children. At 38%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 Dienville
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dienville, 22% of its 610 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 44% 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
Dienville had 905 residents at the 2012 census and 813 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 10% in Dienville, more than in 82% 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 without a car make up 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 19% of homes are flats.
Since 2012, Dienville has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −8% to 2023. Over those years, the median Aube town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Dienville 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
■ Dienville 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Dienville, 26% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Dienville sits above 69% of compared French towns for one-person households (40%)
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
The share of single-parent households is 8.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€24,560 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €24,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 24% in Dienville, more than in 94% 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
About one in 12: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Dienville (8.6%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.2% in Dienville, less than in 90% of compared French towns
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.
In Dienville, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Dienville has 46%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification in Dienville. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 813 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).
Among its 3 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Dienville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dienville | 50.5 | 26% | 22% | 2.2% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 3 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 11.2 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 17.6 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 Dienville
What is the population of Dienville?
813 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (905).
How old are Dienville’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dienville?
140, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dienville?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dienville?
€24,560 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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