Photo: Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0Argences: 25% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 86% of compared French towns
The share of empty homes is 3.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Argences’s population at 3,959, in 1,690 households. Across Argences, 14% of homes are flats. At 18%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
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.
A +10% change since 2012: faster than 70% 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 first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
Argences: 24% of residents are 65 or over, above 63% 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
■ Argences 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%, Argences is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. At the same time, half of the town’s residents are under 43.4, younger than in 55% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in four fifths of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Argences has 28%.
0.8% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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 Argences, 8.1% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more.
The median resident lives on €24,640 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.
At €24,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 10.0% of residents.
More households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns: 35%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.6%, Argences is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Argences ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Argences, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 59% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 81% 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 adults with no qualification is 19%; Argences has 21%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,932 to 3,986 people: this is the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Suippes is the youngest (32.4); Erquy the oldest (64.9).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Argences 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argences | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 1.1 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Démouville 3,035 · 6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 0.6% | 2.8% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 6 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 6.4 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Giberville 5,077 · 6.6 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 0.8% | 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 Argences
What is the population of Argences?
3,959 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,596).
How old are Argences’ residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argences?
14, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argences?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argences?
€24,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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