Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Artigues is over 61.3
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Artigues comes in at 2.7%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 72, in 41 households. Across Artigues, three quarters of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Artigues
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Artigues, 43% of its 75 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Artigues’ residents are under 61.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Artigues had 82 residents at the 2012 census and 72 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
43% of homes in Artigues are second homes
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 Artigues, 14% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 37%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
−12% since 2012: slower than 98% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −11%; 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aude town +4%.
45% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Artigues 61.3. The median compared French town: 44.
1.3% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Artigues: 37% of households are one person living alone, above 60% 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, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.7 people each.
Artigues ranks above 66% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 13%
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. The wider picture: 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: 2.7%, a lower share than 85% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.7% in Artigues. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 11%, a lower share than 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
Married residents: 52% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 34% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Artigues. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 72 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.
Artigues is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Artigues
What is the population of Artigues?
72 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (82).
How old are Artigues’ residents?
The median age is 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.3% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Artigues?
32, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Artigues?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.7%). 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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