A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Les Grandes-Loges. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 15 here (6.8%). Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. This Marne town is home to 284 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 65% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Marne town −2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Grandes-Loges 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Les Grandes-Loges’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.4%, a lower share than 99% 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 72% of compared French towns: 29%. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
A higher share of second homes than 63% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 33%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 7.9%, above 62% of compared French towns.
A median of €30,960 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Les Grandes-Loges sits above 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Les Grandes-Loges ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
12% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Here 58% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 63% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Locally, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 284 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.
Les Grandes-Loges is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Grandes-Loges | 41.7 | 15% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 5.9 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 7.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 8.3 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 8.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 11.8 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 12.4 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
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 Les Grandes-Loges
What is the population of Les Grandes-Loges?
284 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (281).
How old are Les Grandes-Loges’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Grandes-Loges?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Grandes-Loges?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Grandes-Loges?
€30,960 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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