Arpheuilles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.6%
The share of households in social housing trails 98% of compared French towns: 1.4%. The census found that 43% of households are headed by a retired person in Arpheuilles. 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. The town had 299 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census.
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 Arpheuilles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arpheuilles had 332 residents at the 2012 census and 299 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Arpheuilles’ residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arpheuilles changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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 those years, the median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then +1% to 2023.
Half of Arpheuilles 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
■ Arpheuilles 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 3.5% of households are single parents in Arpheuilles
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Two in five households are one person living alone, more than in 68% of compared French towns. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are couples with children here.
5% of households have no car, fewer than in 88% 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
Of all households, 3.5% moved in during the last two years and 36% have stayed three decades or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. By its share of second homes (7%), Arpheuilles is above 83% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,810 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,810 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Arpheuilles, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 57% 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
Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Arpheuilles sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.4%)
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.
In Arpheuilles, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Arpheuilles ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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 Arpheuilles, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Adults with no qualification: 22%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 299 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Arpheuilles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arpheuilles | 52.3 | 31% | 7% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 4 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 7.7 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 17.7 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
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 Arpheuilles
What is the population of Arpheuilles?
299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (332).
How old are Arpheuilles’ residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arpheuilles?
12, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arpheuilles?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arpheuilles?
€26,810 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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