Traînel ranks below 94% of compared French towns on flats: 5.8%
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Traînel has 7.9%. The town is home to 1,094 residents in 450 households, by the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker: 26% of the total. 7% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 83% 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.
Traînel changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 60% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Traînel is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Traînel 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 30%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. On couples with children, Traînel sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 24%. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 9.9%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Traînel. Few places have as many empty homes: 8.4% here, more than in 68% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median of €23,810 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 median standard of living in Traînel is €23,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.8%, a lower share than 61% 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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 51% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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 lower than in 75% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 28.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Traînel
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of adults out of school have no qualification in Traînel. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,094 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Traînel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traînel | 48.5 | 28% | 7% | 3.8% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 6.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Provins 11,632 · 11.9 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 13.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 14.2 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 14.8 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Donnemarie-Dontilly 2,706 · 14.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 4.1% | 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 Traînel
What is the population of Traînel?
1,094 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,070).
How old are Traînel’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Traînel?
37, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Traînel?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Traînel?
€23,810 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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