Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Arnancourt is over 62
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Arnancourt has 56%. This Haute-Marne town is home to 78 residents in 52 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 10% of homes stand empty.
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 Arnancourt
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arnancourt, 17% of its 72 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Arnancourt’s residents are under 62 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arnancourt had 99 residents at the 2012 census and 78 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Arnancourt’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 60% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 37% have stayed 30 years or more. In Arnancourt, just over one in ten households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Arnancourt has changed by −21%, 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 −8% and the next six −14%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 41%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arnancourt 62. 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 Arnancourt comes in at 4.1%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 67%
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
The average household has 1.5 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
0% of residents in Arnancourt 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
By its share of married residents (41%), Arnancourt is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
8.6% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% of compared French towns
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Arnancourt has 39%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 78 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Arnancourt is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnancourt | 62 | 41% | 17% | 0% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 10.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 12 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 12.9 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
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 Arnancourt
What is the population of Arnancourt?
78 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (99).
How old are Arnancourt’s residents?
The median age is 62, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.4% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arnancourt?
13, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arnancourt?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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