A higher share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Curel is home to 407 residents in 180 households, by the 2023 Census. 6.3% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in nearly four fifths 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 Curel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Curel had 441 residents at the 2012 census and 407 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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
Over those years, the median Haute-Marne town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −1% to 2023.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below 80% 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
■ Curel 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Curel, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%. With a median age of 44.3, Curel is older than 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Curel, 11% of households are single parents, more than in 62% 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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
13% of households have no car, more than in 61% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 2.3% of homes are second homes. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,320 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 Curel is €24,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Curel: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Curel, 35%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.7% in Curel, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Curel has 1%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Curel, less than in 85% 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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 407 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 5 neighbors are older than Curel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curel | 44.3 | 21% | 2.3% | 0.7% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 3.5 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 8.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 11 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 12.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 16 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
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 Curel
What is the population of Curel?
407 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (441).
How old are Curel’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Curel?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Curel?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Curel?
€24,320 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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