In Souligny, 2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Souligny has 3.8%. At the 2023 Census, 381 people lived in the town, in 180 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 14 here (7.3%). Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 42%, more than in 87% 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 Souligny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Souligny had 422 residents at the 2012 census and 381 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Souligny’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012: 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
Souligny is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Souligny 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 2.8% of households are single parents in Souligny
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Souligny has 28%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 31% of households are one person living alone.
3.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 90% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.6%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €29,460 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,460 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Souligny sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (2.8%)
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, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Souligny, 11%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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 share of foreign nationals is 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% 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
51% are married and 7.8% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.6% are widowed. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Souligny, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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 30% in Souligny, about three in ten. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 381 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).
Souligny is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souligny | 50.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 5.3 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 5.7 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 5.9 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 6 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 6.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 6.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
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 Souligny
What is the population of Souligny?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (422).
How old are Souligny’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Souligny?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Souligny?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Souligny?
€29,460 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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