Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Ancerville is over 49.4
Households headed by a retired person make up 37%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For Ancerville, the census puts households in social housing at 7.2%. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are flats. This Meuse town had 2,569 residents in 1,220 households at the 2023 census.
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 Ancerville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ancerville had 2,728 residents at the 2012 census and 2,569 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Ancerville: −6%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 68% 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
■ Ancerville 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Ancerville, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Ancerville sits below 75% of compared French towns for single-parent households (8.5%)
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, 2.1 people share a household. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 60% of compared French towns: 23%. What’s more, in the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Ancerville, 33%.
Ancerville sits above 66% of compared French towns for empty homes (8.2%)
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
At 1.6%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. A third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.4% moved in within the last two years. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 9.6% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%.
A typical living standard of €25,520 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.
The median standard of living in Ancerville is €25,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 10.0% of residents.
Ancerville ranks above 78% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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 manager or professional are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ancerville ranks below 97% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.8%
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Ancerville has 2.2%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 90% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
In Ancerville, half of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,540 to 2,599 people: this is the 12th oldest
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); Eymet the oldest (61.2).
Around Ancerville, 2 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancerville | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 2.8 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 9.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 11.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 14.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 14.4 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
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 Ancerville
What is the population of Ancerville?
2,569 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (2,728).
How old are Ancerville’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancerville?
21, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancerville?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancerville?
€25,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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