Below 96% of compared French towns: 2.8% of homes stand empty
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 25% in Prunay-Belleville and 14% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Prunay-Belleville was home to 229 people in 100 households. Households in social housing: 5.9% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Prunay-Belleville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Prunay-Belleville had 244 residents at the 2012 census and 229 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Aube. Here the change came as −11% to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Prunay-Belleville
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Prunay-Belleville 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.1, Prunay-Belleville is younger than 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 5%
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
By its share of one-person households (30%), Prunay-Belleville is below 77% of compared French towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 5%, a lower share than 88% 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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 33% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes: 1.9%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,380 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.
At €27,380 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, a lower share than 64% 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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Prunay-Belleville (10%). As a reference point, 32% 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).
Prunay-Belleville sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.7%)
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 foreign nationals is 4.3%; Prunay-Belleville has 1.3%. The usual figure: 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.
In Prunay-Belleville, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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
For Prunay-Belleville, the census puts single residents at 25%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Prunay-Belleville has 23%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Prunay-Belleville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunay-Belleville | 43.1 | 18% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 9.9 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 9.9 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 10.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 13.1 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 13.1 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 13.2 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
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 Prunay-Belleville
What is the population of Prunay-Belleville?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (244).
How old are Prunay-Belleville’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prunay-Belleville?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prunay-Belleville?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prunay-Belleville?
€27,380 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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