Argenvilliers is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 310 residents in 150 households: that is Argenvilliers at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are couples with children. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Argenvilliers comes in at 45%.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Argenvilliers
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Argenvilliers, 24% of its 220 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Argenvilliers had 360 residents at the 2012 census and 310 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Argenvilliers’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 24% in Argenvilliers, more than in 94% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. By its share of households without a car (7.3%), Argenvilliers is below 71% of 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, −8% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure-et-Loir.
Argenvilliers ranks above 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Argenvilliers 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
11% of households are single parents, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 34% in Argenvilliers and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,240 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 Argenvilliers is €25,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Argenvilliers ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.6% in Argenvilliers. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Argenvilliers, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Argenvilliers, 25%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (310 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Argenvilliers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argenvilliers | 54.3 | 33% | 24% | 2% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 7.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Brou 3,230 · 10.3 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 12.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Illiers-Combray 3,210 · 12.9 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5% | 2.6% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 13.9 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Vald'Yerre 3,609 · 14.4 mi | 49 | 29% | 17% | 3.8% |
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 Argenvilliers
What is the population of Argenvilliers?
310 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (360).
How old are Argenvilliers’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argenvilliers?
53, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argenvilliers?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argenvilliers?
€25,240 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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