More couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Darmannes comes in at 6%. The town is home to 233 residents in 94 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 26% in the town. Few places have so few households without a car: 1.1% here, fewer than in 99% 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 Darmannes
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Darmannes had 250 residents at the 2012 census and 233 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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, +4% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Haute-Marne.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Darmannes 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Darmannes’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Darmannes sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Darmannes sits above 80% of compared French towns for empty homes (10%)
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 2.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. At 2.8%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,380 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 residents live in households above €26,380 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Darmannes sits above 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (47%)
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
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Darmannes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.4%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Darmannes
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
With married residents at 46%, Darmannes is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns: 15%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Darmannes, 28%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 233 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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).
Darmannes is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Darmannes
What is the population of Darmannes?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (250).
How old are Darmannes’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Darmannes?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Darmannes?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Darmannes?
€26,380 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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