Engente is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 67.5
Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. In 2023, the Census found 26 residents in Engente, living in 13 households. 38% fewer people than in 2012.
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 Engente
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Engente, 29% of its 21 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Engente’s residents are under 67.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 58% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Engente had 42 residents at the 2012 census and 26 in 2023, down 38%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Engente, the census puts households without a car at 7.7%. One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
−38% 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
The first five years brought −14%; the six to 2023, −28%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Engente 67.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 94% of compared French towns: 7.7%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
13 households; 0% are one person
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 2 people.
Households headed by a retired person make up 100% in Engente, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Engente: 7.7% of residents are immigrants, above 58% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 69%
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 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 4%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Engente has 40%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 26 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 67.5 in Engente.
Every neighbor is younger than Engente
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engente | 67.5 | 58% | 29% | 7.7% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 3.5 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 13.4 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
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 Engente
What is the population of Engente?
26 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 38% fewer than in 2012 (42).
How old are Engente’s residents?
The median age is 67.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 3.8% are under 18 and 58% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Engente?
6, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Engente?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% 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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