In Soligny-les-Étangs, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
In Soligny-les-Étangs, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. For Soligny-les-Étangs, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Soligny-les-Étangs was home to 262 people in 110 households.
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 Soligny-les-Étangs
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Soligny-les-Étangs, 31% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 20% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Soligny-les-Étangs had 223 residents at the 2012 census and 262 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Soligny-les-Étangs sits below 90% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.7%)
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, 9% of homes stand empty here. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. Just over a quarter of homes are flats.
Soligny-les-Étangs grew +17% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 87% 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 +10% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 77% 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
■ Soligny-les-Étangs 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Soligny-les-Étangs is 41.1, lower than in 72% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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
With couples with children at 30%, Soligny-les-Étangs is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. There are 2.4 people in the average household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.5%, fewer than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
A typical living standard of €26,700 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,700 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 52% 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.
The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 6.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Married residents account for 43%. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 23%, a higher share than 70% 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
Graduates of higher education: 26% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Soligny-les-Étangs
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soligny-les-Étangs | 41.1 | 18% | 31% | 6.7% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 6 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 12 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 12.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Provins 11,632 · 14.5 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 15.3 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 16.8 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
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 Soligny-les-Étangs
What is the population of Soligny-les-Étangs?
262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (223).
How old are Soligny-les-Étangs’ residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soligny-les-Étangs?
58, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soligny-les-Étangs?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soligny-les-Étangs?
€26,700 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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