39% of households are couples with children, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Arganchy has 5.6%. 3.3% of households have no car. Few places have so few flats: 0.9% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 87 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 220 residents.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Arganchy
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arganchy, 10% of its 100 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arganchy had 236 residents at the 2012 census and 220 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 10% of its 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
With empty homes at 5.6%, Arganchy is behind 65% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes 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) 30%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Calvados town +1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 48: Arganchy is older than 74% 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
■ Arganchy 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 17% in Arganchy, less than in 99% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €28,100 a year
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.
Half of Arganchy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,100 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Arganchy: 39% of households are headed by a retired person, above 80% 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
Here 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Arganchy ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.3%
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
59% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
17% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Arganchy
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 220 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Arganchy and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arganchy | 48 | 25% | 10% | 1.3% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 3.4 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 6.2 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 10.2 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 11.4 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Rots 2,544 · 11.8 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 14 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
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 Arganchy
What is the population of Arganchy?
220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (236).
How old are Arganchy’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arganchy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arganchy?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arganchy?
€28,100 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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