A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Puits-et-Nuisement has 7%. The 2023 Census counted 201 residents in 85 households. Across Puits-et-Nuisement, a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. On second homes, Puits-et-Nuisement sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 6.8%.
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.
Since 2012, Puits-et-Nuisement has changed by −3%, slower than 83% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%.
Half of Puits-et-Nuisement is over 49.6, older than 82% 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
■ Puits-et-Nuisement 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Puits-et-Nuisement is above 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are single parents
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 average 2.4 people. On couples with children, Puits-et-Nuisement sits higher than 81% of compared French towns: 31%. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Just over one in ten homes stand empty.
At the median, €27,030 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,030 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 76% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 6.2%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Puits-et-Nuisement, 4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
Foreign nationals: 3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Puits-et-Nuisement has 54%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Puits-et-Nuisement (18%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 201 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 2 of 3 towns have older populations than Puits-et-Nuisement
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puits-et-Nuisement | 49.6 | 24% | 6.8% | 4% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 8.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 9.4 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 12.5 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
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 Puits-et-Nuisement
What is the population of Puits-et-Nuisement?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (208).
How old are Puits-et-Nuisement’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puits-et-Nuisement?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puits-et-Nuisement?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puits-et-Nuisement?
€27,030 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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