14% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
With flats at 60%, Langres is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. This Haute-Marne town counted 7,421 residents and 3,880 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: nearly a quarter of the total. 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% 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 Langres
Many people living alone
52% of Langres’ households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Social housing
33% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 26% rent privately and 38% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Langres had 7,905 residents at the 2012 census and 7,421 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 670 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Langres has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 46.5: Langres is older than 67% 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
■ Langres 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Single-parent households: 9.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people.
33% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 95% 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
13% of households moved in less than two years ago; 19% have been in their home 30 years or more. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 14%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Second homes: 3.4%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €22,470 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 Langres is €22,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns. 25.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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: 7.6% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 13%, a higher share than 89% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Langres sits below 93% of compared French towns for married residents (34%)
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
The share of single residents tops 90% of compared French towns: 34%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Langres. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 7,320 to 7,524 people: this is the 19th 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.
Gières is the youngest (36); Perros-Guirec the oldest (62.4).
Langres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langres | 46.5 | 27% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Nogent 3,550 · 11.8 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
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 Langres
What is the population of Langres?
7,421 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (7,905).
How old are Langres’ residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 67% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Langres?
160, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Langres?
INSEE counts 990 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 940 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Langres?
€22,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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