Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
In Arthémonay, 22% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 3.1% of the total. On households in social housing, Arthémonay sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%. This Drôme town had 613 residents in 250 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Arthémonay ahead of 74% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Drôme town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 96% 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
■ Arthémonay 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 41.7, Arthémonay is younger than just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Arthémonay sits above 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.2% in Arthémonay. Households here average 2.5 people each. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.5% of homes are flats
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
At 1.5%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€26,560 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,560 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Arthémonay ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker in Arthémonay. Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. On average, 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).
Only 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Arthémonay
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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 53%, a higher share than 97% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Arthémonay sits above 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (36%)
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification here. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (613 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Arthémonay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthémonay | 41.7 | 19% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 3 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 3.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 4.7 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Romans-sur-Isère 33,464 · 6.1 mi | 45 | 25% | 1.8% | 13% |
| Bourg-de-Péage 9,921 · 7.1 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 0.7% | 8.3% |
| Chatuzange-le-Goubet 6,523 · 8.4 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.8% | 3.2% |
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 Arthémonay
What is the population of Arthémonay?
613 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (549).
How old are Arthémonay’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arthémonay?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arthémonay?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arthémonay?
€26,560 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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