Below 99% of compared French towns: 10% of households are couples with children
The figure for flats is 2.5% in Urville and 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker in the town. This Aube town has fewer households without a car than 80% of compared French towns, at 6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 103, in 54 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 Urville
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Urville, 12% of its 87 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Urville had 147 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, down 30%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Urville’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Urville ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 26%
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
In Urville, 12% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 40% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2% moved in within the last two years. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−30% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Aube. Here the change came as −12% to 2017, then −21% to 2023.
Half of Urville is over 53.3, older than 91% 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
■ Urville 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Urville, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
In Urville, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 88% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Urville has 30%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
Urville ranks below 84% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (27%), Urville is below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 103 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Urville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urville | 53.3 | 27% | 12% | 1% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 4.9 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 13.2 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 16.3 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 Urville
What is the population of Urville?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% fewer than in 2012 (147).
How old are Urville’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Urville?
10, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Urville?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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