Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
25% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Sapignicourt had 365 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer households without a car than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.1%.
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.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Sapignicourt behind 84% 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 change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and −11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Marne town −2%.
Younger than 63% of compared French towns: half of Sapignicourt is under 42.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sapignicourt 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Sapignicourt comes in at 9.9%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Sapignicourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.6%
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
By its share of couples with children (32%), Sapignicourt is above 84% of compared French towns. Households average 2.5 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Sapignicourt ranks above 80% of compared French towns on empty homes: 10%
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 38%.
Standard of living at the median: €22,110 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,110 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns: 43%
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
11% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The wider picture: 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 0.5% in Sapignicourt, less than in 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Sapignicourt has 0.5%. Measured more widely, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 84% of compared French towns, at 21%
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: 41%, below 62% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 95% 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
In Sapignicourt, 33% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 365 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Sapignicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapignicourt | 42.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 6.7 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 9.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 11.5 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 12 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 Sapignicourt
What is the population of Sapignicourt?
365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (380).
How old are Sapignicourt’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sapignicourt?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sapignicourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sapignicourt?
€22,110 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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