Younger than 96% of compared French towns: half of Arraye-et-Han is under 35.2
4.4% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At 1.6%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 370 residents in 130 households. On the census count, 6.3% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Meurthe-et-Moselle 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 Arraye-et-Han
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 32% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Arraye-et-Han’s residents are under 35.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arraye-et-Han’s population changed by +10% since 2012, more than in 70% 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 median Meurthe-et-Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six +3%.
Only 14% of residents are 65 or over in Arraye-et-Han
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arraye-et-Han 35.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 44%, a higher share than 99% 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 Meurthe-et-Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Arraye-et-Han has 28%. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. The average household has 2.5 people.
1.5% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 6.6%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,770 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.
Living standards centre on €27,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Arraye-et-Han ranks above 69% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 36%
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, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Arraye-et-Han, 16%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 8% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
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 Meurthe-et-Moselle has 8.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Arraye-et-Han
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
Locally, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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 graduates of higher education is 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 370 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.
At the ends of the range sit Arraye-et-Han (35.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Arraye-et-Han
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Arraye-et-Han
What is the population of Arraye-et-Han?
370 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (336).
How old are Arraye-et-Han’s residents?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 36% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arraye-et-Han?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arraye-et-Han?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% 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 Arraye-et-Han?
€27,770 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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