Photo: Dolly11 · CC BY-SA 3.0A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.7% in Val-d'Arguenon. The town had 2,844 residents in 1,260 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 3%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Val-d'Arguenon
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Val-d'Arguenon, 10% of its 1,500 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 5.8%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more.
From 2012 to 2023, Val-d'Arguenon outgrew 50% of compared French towns: +5%
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 Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +2% to 2023.
Val-d'Arguenon is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Val-d'Arguenon 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Val-d'Arguenon comes in at 9.5%. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Val-d'Arguenon ranks below 74% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 8.6% in Val-d'Arguenon.
A typical living standard of €26,340 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 median standard of living in Val-d'Arguenon is €26,340 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Val-d'Arguenon has 19%. Measured more widely, 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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 (1.1%), Val-d'Arguenon is below 93% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Single residents: 19%, below 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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 adults with no qualification is 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,812 to 2,877 people, the 18th 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.
Miremont is the youngest (37.7); L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île the oldest (66.6).
Val-d'Arguenon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-d'Arguenon | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 2.4 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 6.6 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Beaussais-sur-Mer 4,498 · 7.2 mi | 47.5 | 29% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 8.2 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
| Pleslin-Trigavou 4,065 · 10 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 8.5% | 2% |
| Quévert 3,955 · 10.1 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
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 Val-d'Arguenon
What is the population of Val-d'Arguenon?
2,844 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,710).
How old are Val-d'Arguenon’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-d'Arguenon?
150, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-d'Arguenon?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-d'Arguenon?
€26,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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