Nogent sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
Couples with children make up 18%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 3,550 residents in Nogent, living in 1,740 households. Across Nogent, 16% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Nogent
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nogent had 3,926 residents at the 2012 census and 3,550 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 320 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Nogent’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Nogent changed by −10% since 2012
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 −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −9% in Haute-Marne.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Nogent is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nogent 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In Nogent, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A larger share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Average household size: 2 people. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Nogent ranks below 58% of compared French towns on flats: 26%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). At 2.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,250 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,250 a year: lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 17.0%.
Nogent ranks below 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.4%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Nogent comes in at 35%. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 70% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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 70% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Across Nogent, 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
36% of residents 15 and over are married, below 87% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Nogent, 27%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Nogent, less than in 93% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (29%), Nogent is above 89% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,530 to 3,569 people, the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Rubelles (34.9), the youngest, and Deauville (63.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Nogent
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 Nogent
What is the population of Nogent?
3,550 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (3,926).
How old are Nogent’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nogent?
50, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nogent?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nogent?
€23,250 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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