Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.5% of homes are flats
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Lignières-Ambleville has 21%. Locally, 13% of households are single parents. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 690, in 310 households.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Lignières-Ambleville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lignières-Ambleville had 803 residents at the 2012 census and 690 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 70 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lignières-Ambleville’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−14% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Half of Lignières-Ambleville is over 52.3, older than 90% 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
■ Lignières-Ambleville 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are one person living alone in Lignières-Ambleville. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people.
Lignières-Ambleville ranks above 98% of compared French towns on empty homes: 17%
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 households without a car at 7.8%, Lignières-Ambleville is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. For Lignières-Ambleville, the census puts second homes at 5%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,610 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,610 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Lignières-Ambleville ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Lignières-Ambleville has 6.6%. Set beside that, 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).
7.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 71% 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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Lignières-Ambleville, 27%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 84% 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
Here a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Older than Lignières-Ambleville: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignières-Ambleville | 52.3 | 30% | 5% | 8.2% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 6.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 7.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 8.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 10.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 11.1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 11.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
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 Lignières-Ambleville
What is the population of Lignières-Ambleville?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (803).
How old are Lignières-Ambleville’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lignières-Ambleville?
20, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lignières-Ambleville?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lignières-Ambleville?
€25,610 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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