Plaines-Saint-Lange is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.7
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Plaines-Saint-Lange, 1.6% of homes are flats. Its 140 households held 266 residents at the 2023 Census. By its share of second homes (8%), Plaines-Saint-Lange is above 85% 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 Plaines-Saint-Lange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plaines-Saint-Lange had 292 residents at the 2012 census and 266 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Plaines-Saint-Lange’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Plaines-Saint-Lange behind 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Aube town, the change came in two steps: −11% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% in Plaines-Saint-Lange, less than in 93% 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
■ Plaines-Saint-Lange 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 31% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are one person living alone here. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people. Higher than in 66% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
38% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.2% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.9% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. Here just over one in ten households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Median standard of living: €23,760 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.
Living standards centre on €23,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Plaines-Saint-Lange ranks above 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 52%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
Immigrants: 1.9%, a lower share than 93% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.1%, Plaines-Saint-Lange is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Plaines-Saint-Lange, less than in 95% 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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 9.6% in Plaines-Saint-Lange, less than in 99% 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
38% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 266 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Plaines-Saint-Lange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaines-Saint-Lange | 53.7 | 31% | 8% | 1.9% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 9.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 10.4 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Plaines-Saint-Lange
What is the population of Plaines-Saint-Lange?
266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (292).
How old are Plaines-Saint-Lange’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaines-Saint-Lange?
15, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaines-Saint-Lange?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaines-Saint-Lange?
€23,760 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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