Households in social housing: 1.7%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
The median age in Lentilles is 49.8, higher than in 82% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 128, in 60 households. About one in 20: that is how common households without a car are in Lentilles (5%). The share of one-person households is 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
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 Lentilles
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lentilles, 17% of its 79 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.8% of homes stand empty.
Faster growth than 84% of compared French towns: Lentilles changed by +16% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Aube town, the change came in two steps: +14% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% in Lentilles, less than in 97% 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
■ Lentilles 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Lentilles is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 88% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,460 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.
The median standard of living in Lentilles is €24,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Lentilles comes in at 17%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lentilles ranks below 80% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
Here 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lentilles sits above 79% of compared French towns for married residents (47%)
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 24% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 39%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 128 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 4 neighbors are older than Lentilles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lentilles | 49.8 | 24% | 17% | 3.1% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 7.5 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 15.4 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 16.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 17.9 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
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 Lentilles
What is the population of Lentilles?
128 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (110).
How old are Lentilles’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lentilles?
14, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lentilles?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lentilles?
€24,460 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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