Above 95% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
With households headed by a manager or professional at 3.4%, La Noue is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 371 residents here, living in 150 households. Across La Noue, 3.6% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 La Noue
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Noue, 12% of its 180 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 12%, a higher share than 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common empty homes are in La Noue (6.2%). In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
La Noue changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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 +11% to 2017, then −9% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −2% in Marne.
La Noue sits below 90% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (15%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Noue 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Noue, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. 7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,880 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.
At €26,880 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 98% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 25%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants: 4.3%, a lower share than 71% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 70% of compared French towns: 2.7%. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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 married residents tops 81% of compared French towns: 47%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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
31% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around La Noue, 4 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Noue | 42.5 | 15% | 12% | 4.3% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 5.3 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 9.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 10.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| La Ferté-Gaucher 4,743 · 14.3 mi | 42.3 | 24% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 16.7 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 17.9 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 La Noue
What is the population of La Noue?
371 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (368).
How old are La Noue’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Noue?
22, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Noue?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Noue?
€26,880 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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