Proverville is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.3
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 17% of households are couples with children in Proverville. The town counted 217 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. With second homes at 8.7%, Proverville is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Proverville
An older town
Half of Proverville’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Proverville had 242 residents at the 2012 census and 217 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Proverville changed by −10% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Proverville 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.2%, below 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
In Proverville, 4.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
Here nearly two in five households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Proverville, 13% of households have no car, more than in 61% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 8% of homes stand empty here. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Of all households, 7% moved in during the last two years and 40% 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 €26,710 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 €26,710 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Proverville has 17%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.3%, a lower share than 74% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Proverville has 8.3%. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
13% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
54% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 217 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Proverville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proverville | 60.3 | 42% | 8.7% | 8.3% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 0.6 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 13.4 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 16.5 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Proverville
What is the population of Proverville?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (242).
How old are Proverville’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Proverville?
12, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Proverville?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Proverville?
€26,710 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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