34% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 3.4% in Arre. Census day 2023: 252 residents and 140 households locally. Across Arre, 16% of households are couples with children. At 8.3%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Arre
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 84 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arre, 34% of its 250 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% 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
Arre had 293 residents at the 2012 census and 252 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Arre’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arre sits below 82% of compared French towns for households in social housing (5.8%)
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households have no car here. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Empty homes: nearly a tenth of the total. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 22% of homes are flats.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Arre: −14%
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 +7% for the median Gard town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −12% to 2023.
Arre is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arre 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Arre has 25%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 87% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.8 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. One in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 54% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €20,660 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.
Half of Arre’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Arre sits below 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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
On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 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 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.9% in Arre and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Arre sits below 96% of compared French towns for married residents (32%)
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Arre, 32%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Arre. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 252 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).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Arre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arre | 51.6 | 25% | 34% | 1.5% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 4.7 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 9.7 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 16.2 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 16.9 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
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 Arre
What is the population of Arre?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (293).
How old are Arre’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arre?
84, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arre?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arre?
€20,660 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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