Sommeval sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.4%)
One-person households make up 23%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Sommeval’s population at 298, in 120 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 14 here (7%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.8%, fewer than in 94% 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 Sommeval
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sommeval had 332 residents at the 2012 census and 298 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sommeval’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sommeval has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Half of Sommeval is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Sommeval 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Sommeval: 31% of households are couples with children, above 79% 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
Households average 2.4 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 83% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 4.9% of the total. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
€27,150 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,150 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 62% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 15% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
Sommeval sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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 Sommeval, 2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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 85% 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.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
Single residents: 17%, below 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 18%, a lower share than 59% 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 come to 31% in Sommeval, about three in ten. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 298 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Sommeval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommeval | 51.8 | 25% | 4.9% | 2.7% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 8.4 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 8.9 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 8.9 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 9.1 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 9.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 9.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
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 Sommeval
What is the population of Sommeval?
298 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (332).
How old are Sommeval’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sommeval?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sommeval?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sommeval?
€27,150 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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