A lower share of single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
Flats make up 11%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Ancemont counted 527 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 5.9% here. On households in social housing, Ancemont sits lower than three quarters of compared French towns: 7.2%.
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 Ancemont
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ancemont had 601 residents at the 2012 census and 527 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Ancemont behind 98% 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 −8%; 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Older than 76% of compared French towns: half of Ancemont is over 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ancemont 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Ancemont, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Ancemont, less than in 86% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
88% of homes are houses
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
Of all households, 6.3% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Ancemont has more empty homes than 58% of compared French towns, at 7.5%. Second homes: 2.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,500 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 Ancemont’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,500 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.4%, a lower share than 73% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 34% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Ancemont
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.
Here 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Ancemont, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 make up about one in five here (20%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 527 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.
Older than Ancemont: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancemont | 48.4 | 24% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 6 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 7 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 7.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 13.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Étain 3,375 · 14.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
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 Ancemont
What is the population of Ancemont?
527 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (601).
How old are Ancemont’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancemont?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancemont?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancemont?
€24,500 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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