7.7% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Poivres’s population at 154, in 65 households. Across Poivres, 1.2% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 38%, more than in nearly four fifths 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 Poivres
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Poivres, 11% of its 85 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are second homes
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Poivres, 13%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 4.6% of households have no car, or about one in 22.
Since 2012, Poivres has changed by +3%, slower than 56% 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: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
A median age of 42.3: Poivres is younger than 64% 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
■ Poivres 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 96% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone in Poivres. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
The median resident lives on €28,790 a year per consumption unit
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 Poivres is €28,790 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 59% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Poivres sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.3%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Poivres has 0.6%. As a reference point, 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Poivres
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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Here nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 62.3 in Prayssac.
Poivres is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poivres | 42.3 | 24% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 11.5 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 15.5 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
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 Poivres
What is the population of Poivres?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (149).
How old are Poivres’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poivres?
9, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poivres?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poivres?
€28,790 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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