Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Orconte had 365 residents in 180 households at the 2023 census. 4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Couples with children are rarer here than in 77% 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 Orconte
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orconte, 16% of its 230 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Orconte had 434 residents at the 2012 census and 365 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Orconte’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 5.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 39%. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.3% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Orconte’s population moved −16% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 −12% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Half of Orconte is over 51.1, older than 86% 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
■ Orconte 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
For Orconte, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 39%, a higher share than 65% 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,050 a year in standard of living
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 €26,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Orconte ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Orconte has 19%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. On the census count, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Orconte sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.4%)
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 Orconte, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
In Orconte, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Orconte, 23%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Orconte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orconte | 51.1 | 22% | 16% | 1.4% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 7.9 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 10.3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 13.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 15 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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 Orconte
What is the population of Orconte?
365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (434).
How old are Orconte’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orconte?
36, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orconte?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orconte?
€26,050 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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