A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
2.9% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 56 residents and 24 households in Effincourt. Households without a car: 4.2% of the total. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 40% here, more than in 83% 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 Effincourt
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Effincourt, 10% of its 35 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Effincourt had 71 residents at the 2012 census and 56 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 21%, a higher share than 99% 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 nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 42%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 10%, the share of second homes is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Effincourt’s population moved −21% on 2012, less than in 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Haute-Marne town, the change came in two steps: −14% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Effincourt, more than in 87% 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
■ Effincourt 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.1%), Effincourt is below four fifths of compared French towns. The median age locally is 47.5, higher than in 72% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Effincourt, less than in 74% 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 typical household size is 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The largest group of households: retired (40%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Effincourt ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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 median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
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
Single residents: 29%, above three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Effincourt
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Effincourt. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 56 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Effincourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effincourt | 47.5 | 31% | 10% | 1.8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 6.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 13.5 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 14.7 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 14.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 17.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Effincourt
What is the population of Effincourt?
56 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (71).
How old are Effincourt’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Effincourt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Effincourt?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% 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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