Arbot is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.7
The figure for flats is 3.4% in Arbot and 30% in the typical compared French town. The town had 60 residents in 33 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 3% of homes stand empty. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Arbot
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arbot, 44% of its 62 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Arbot’s residents are under 61.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 46% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arbot had 69 residents at the 2012 census and 60 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arbot sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (44%)
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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of households have no car, or about one in 15. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −13% change 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
The median Haute-Marne town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −14%.
Arbot: 46% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Arbot 61.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Arbot is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Arbot ranks below 59% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 1.8 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Arbot ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 17%
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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).
7% of Arbot’s residents are immigrants
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.
That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%. 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 29.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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
27% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Arbot
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
With graduates of higher education at 26%, Arbot is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 60 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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).
Arbot and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbot | 61.7 | 46% | 44% | 7% |
| Langres 7,421 · 15 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 3.4% | 13% |
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 Arbot
What is the population of Arbot?
60 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (69).
How old are Arbot’s residents?
The median age is 61.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.8% are under 18 and 46% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arbot?
27, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arbot?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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