Flats: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
26% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Pougy’s 120 households held 255 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 7.6% locally. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 4.3%, fewer than in 91% 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 Pougy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pougy had 288 residents at the 2012 census and 255 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −11% since 2012, behind 98% 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: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −12% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ Pougy 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Pougy is older than 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Pougy, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
12% of homes stand empty, more than in 87% of compared French towns
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, just over one in ten households have no car; in Pougy, 6%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,800 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 €26,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 35% in Pougy, 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person in Pougy. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 96% of compared French towns: 1.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Pougy. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Pougy, less than in 89% 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
Put another way, about one in six: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 255 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Pougy sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pougy | 45.1 | 21% | 7.6% | 1.6% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 8.6 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 11.6 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 14.7 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 15.1 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 16.6 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 16.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
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 Pougy
What is the population of Pougy?
255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (288).
How old are Pougy’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pougy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pougy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pougy?
€26,800 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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