A smaller share of flats than 91% of compared French towns: 7.8%
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Piney. This Aube town counted 1,387 residents and 600 households at the 2023 Census. In Piney, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. On households in social housing, Piney sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 21%.
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 Piney
Fewer residents than in 2012
Piney had 1,518 residents at the 2012 census and 1,387 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Piney changed by −9% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −7% to 2023.
Half of Piney is over 46.4, older than 66% 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
■ Piney 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Piney, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 71% 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
Couples with children make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households have no car
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
7.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. By its share of second homes (3.2%), Piney is above 64% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,570 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 Piney is €23,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 63% of compared French towns, at 7.6%
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
Here, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns, at 3%
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.
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Married residents account for 44%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 82% 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: 23%, above 71% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,387 to 2,582
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).
Piney is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney | 46.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 3% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 9.1 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 10.9 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 11 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 12.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 12.7 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 13.1 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
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 Piney
What is the population of Piney?
1,387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,518).
How old are Piney’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Piney?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Piney?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Piney?
€23,570 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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