In Amel-sur-l'Étang, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 94% of compared French towns
In Amel-sur-l'Étang, 21% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of residents are 65 or over. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 75% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 153 residents in 68 households.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Amel-sur-l'Étang
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Amel-sur-l'Étang, 11% of its 85 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Amel-sur-l'Étang had 176 residents at the 2012 census and 153 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Amel-sur-l'Étang, more than in 88% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.4% of households have no car in Amel-sur-l'Étang.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Amel-sur-l'Étang: −13%
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 Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −14% and the next six +1%.
9.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Amel-sur-l'Étang 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Amel-sur-l'Étang’s residents are over 44.2, older than in just over half of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 53% of compared French towns: 36%
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Half above, half below €25,240 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.
Half of Amel-sur-l'Étang’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 7.8% in Amel-sur-l'Étang, more than in 74% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 81% 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
The figure for single residents is 24% in Amel-sur-l'Étang and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 96% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 61% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 153 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Amel-sur-l'Étang, 4 are older
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 Amel-sur-l'Étang
What is the population of Amel-sur-l'Étang?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (176).
How old are Amel-sur-l'Étang’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Amel-sur-l'Étang?
9, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Amel-sur-l'Étang?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Amel-sur-l'Étang?
€25,240 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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