Appeville sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.8%)
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%. The 2023 Census put Appeville’s population at 200, in 82 households. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.7% of households have no car. At 5.9%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Appeville
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Appeville, 30% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 30% of its homes
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 8.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 53% 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
Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then +12% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche.
Younger than 75% of compared French towns: half of Appeville is under 40.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Appeville 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Appeville comes in at 29%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. The average household has 2.4 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
A median of €25,960 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.
The median standard of living in Appeville is €25,960 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Appeville sits below 65% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.8%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 23. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Appeville, less than in 89% 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
The figure for married residents is 48% in Appeville and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Appeville, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is older than Appeville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appeville | 40.7 | 25% | 30% | 4.8% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 4.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 5.2 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 5.8 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 10.3 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 11.4 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 13.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
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 Appeville
What is the population of Appeville?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (192).
How old are Appeville’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Appeville?
38, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Appeville?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Appeville?
€25,960 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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