Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
Nearly a quarter of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Empty homes come to 11% in Pleurs, about one in ten. Fewer couples with children than in 73% of compared French towns: 20%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 825, in 380 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 Pleurs
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pleurs had 903 residents at the 2012 census and 825 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Pleurs: −9%
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: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pleurs 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Pleurs is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
9.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 59% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 35%, more than in half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of second homes than 70% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 without a car: 9.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,300 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 €23,300 a year: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Pleurs, more than in 71% 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 manual worker tops 72% of compared French towns: 18%. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 15 here (6.8%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 3.3%, and 7.1% are widowed. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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 tops 83% of compared French towns: 27%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (825 to 2,582 people), the 17th 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).
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Pleurs
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleurs | 44.6 | 26% | 3.8% | 2.8% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 6.9 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 13.9 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 15.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 16.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 16.5 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
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 Pleurs
What is the population of Pleurs?
825 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (903).
How old are Pleurs’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pleurs?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pleurs?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pleurs?
€23,300 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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