Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Arquettes-en-Val is over 61.4
In Arquettes-en-Val, 56% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 83 residents in 44 households. The share of one-person households stands at 33%.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Arquettes-en-Val
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arquettes-en-Val, 23% of its 85 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Arquettes-en-Val’s residents are under 61.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arquettes-en-Val had 91 residents at the 2012 census and 83 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.1% of households have no car in Arquettes-en-Val
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in four here (25%). The share of second homes is 23%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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 +4% for the median Aude town, the change came in two steps: −13% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 41%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arquettes-en-Val 61.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 1.1% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Across the comparison, 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: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Arquettes-en-Val, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 1.9 people share a household. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 60% of compared French towns: 11%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants make up 11% in Arquettes-en-Val, more than in 75% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Arquettes-en-Val has 8.9%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three quarters 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% 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
Married residents: 45%, above 67% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Arquettes-en-Val, more than in 72% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Arquettes-en-Val has 28%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 83 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Arquettes-en-Val
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arquettes-en-Val | 61.4 | 41% | 23% | 11% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 7.3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 7.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 10.7 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 12.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 13.3 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Arquettes-en-Val
What is the population of Arquettes-en-Val?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (91).
How old are Arquettes-en-Val’s residents?
The median age is 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 6.7% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arquettes-en-Val?
20, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arquettes-en-Val?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (8.9%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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