Artenay: 17% of households are single parents, above 98% of compared French towns
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker here. Artenay counted 1,997 residents and 880 households at the 2023 Census. Across Artenay, 21% of households rent social housing (HLM). More empty homes than in 79% of compared French towns: 10%.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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.
A +9% change since 2012: Artenay grew faster than 66% 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 +6% for the median Loiret town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
In Artenay, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% 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
■ Artenay 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Artenay. By contrast, the median age here is 41.5, lower than in 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in Artenay.
Households without a car: 12%, a higher share than 58% 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
One household in eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Second homes are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in three here (30%).
The median resident lives on €24,560 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 80% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 28%, Artenay is behind 76% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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).
In Artenay, 7.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 72% 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.
The median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. Immigrants: nearly a tenth of the total. Typically, 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.
Artenay: 33% of residents 15 and over are single, above 88% 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
Married residents make up 37%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 91% 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
In Artenay, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,997 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.
Artenay and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artenay | 41.5 | 18% | 1.8% | 9.3% |
| Chevilly 2,663 · 3.4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 3.1% | 6.6% |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 4,987 · 8.1 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Toury 2,640 · 8.3 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 3.2% | 8.8% |
| Saran 17,316 · 9.6 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Ormes 4,376 · 10 mi | 41.2 | 15% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais 21,804 · 10.5 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.2% | 18% |
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 Artenay
What is the population of Artenay?
1,997 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,835).
How old are Artenay’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Artenay?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Artenay?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Artenay?
€24,560 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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