Potangis: 44% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 5.1% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns. There were 48 households in Potangis at the 2023 Census, home to 114 residents. For Potangis, the census puts households without a car at 8.2%.
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 Potangis
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Potangis had 92 residents at the 2012 census and 114 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Potangis grew +24% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 93% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +42%; 2017 to 2023, −13%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Marne town −2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 92% 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
■ Potangis 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Potangis is 41.7, lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A larger share of empty homes than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Some 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,860 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 €28,860 a year: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Only 11% of households are headed by a retired person in Potangis
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 44% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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 median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of 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.
Potangis ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 11%
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 typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Potangis, 52%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 114 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Nearby, 4 of 5 towns have older populations than Potangis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potangis | 41.7 | 15% | 5.1% | 0.9% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 6.4 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 5,537 · 9.1 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 6.5% | 13% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 9.9 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Provins 11,632 · 16 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 17% |
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 Potangis
What is the population of Potangis?
114 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (92).
How old are Potangis’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Potangis?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Potangis?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Potangis?
€28,860 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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