A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.6%
Half of Soulanges’s residents are over 46.9, older than in 69% of compared French towns. There were 190 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 453 residents. Locally, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are one person living alone here.
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 Soulanges
Fewer residents than in 2012
Soulanges had 487 residents at the 2012 census and 453 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 93% of compared French towns grew faster than Soulanges: −7%
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: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Above 62% of compared French towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soulanges 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Soulanges, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. 11% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Soulanges sits below 63% of compared French towns for households without a car (8.5%)
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
Empty homes make up 7.7%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 71 here (1.4%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,140 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,140 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Soulanges: 34% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (37%), Soulanges is above 73% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.4%, a lower share than 87% 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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). As a yardstick, 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.
Soulanges: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
Single residents: 20%, below 91% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Soulanges, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 86% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Soulanges. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 16th oldest of 41 French towns of 453 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.
Soulanges is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soulanges | 46.9 | 24% | 1.4% | 2.4% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 5.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 13.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 13.8 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 14.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
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 Soulanges
What is the population of Soulanges?
453 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (487).
How old are Soulanges’ residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soulanges?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soulanges?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soulanges?
€26,140 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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