Flats make up 1.6% in Clesles, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2% in Clesles. Put another way, about one in four: just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households without a car are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 615 residents here, living in 260 households.
Throughout this page, the 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 Clesles
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Clesles behind 61% 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 −2% for the median Marne town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
In Clesles, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 63% 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
■ Clesles 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Clesles is older than 55% of compared French towns. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Clesles, 5.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 97% 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children tops 82% of compared French towns: 32%. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
In Clesles, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 4.7% in Clesles. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,870 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 €25,870 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Here 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.9% in Clesles, less than in 93% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Clesles, 0.7%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Adults with no qualification: 25%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (615 to 2,582 people), the 18th youngest
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).
Clesles sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clesles | 44.7 | 24% | 4.7% | 1.9% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 5.1 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 13.3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 13.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 14.2 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 14.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 15.2 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
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 Clesles
What is the population of Clesles?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (602).
How old are Clesles’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clesles?
15, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clesles?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clesles?
€25,870 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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