0.6% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker here. At the same time, households without a car are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. Arcomps had 280 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. Here, 7.7% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Arcomps
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arcomps had 302 residents at the 2012 census and 280 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
Half of Arcomps is over 50.6, older than 85% 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
■ Arcomps 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents are 65 or over here. Locally, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 6.4% of households are single parents
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Arcomps, 21%. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households come to 40% locally, about four in ten.
2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 95% 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
The share of empty homes is 12%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.1% (under two years).
At the median, €23,520 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €23,520 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 95% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person. For comparison, 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).
In Arcomps, 2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3.1%), Arcomps is below 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Arcomps sits below 90% of compared French towns for married residents (35%)
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
The share of single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Arcomps has 17%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 280 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).
Arcomps is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcomps | 50.6 | 21% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 5.8 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 16.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 Arcomps
What is the population of Arcomps?
280 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (302).
How old are Arcomps’ residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arcomps?
14, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arcomps?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arcomps?
€23,520 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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