A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. At the 2023 Census Doulcon was home to 421 people in 200 households. 15% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%.
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 Doulcon
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Doulcon, 11% of its 250 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 92% 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
Doulcon had 448 residents at the 2012 census and 421 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 86% of compared French towns: 11%
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
9% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). More households without a car than in 52% of compared French towns: 11%. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Doulcon behind 91% 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
Over those years, the median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Doulcon is over 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Doulcon 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below 64% of compared French towns. Across Doulcon, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 53% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. 25% of households are couples with children, more than in 51% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €23,870 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 57% of compared French towns: 34%
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 rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.2% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 58% 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 higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Across Doulcon, 6.7% 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.
Doulcon sits above 83% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Doulcon is below 73% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Doulcon, 26%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 421 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Doulcon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doulcon | 49.5 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 17 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 17.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 17.4 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
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 Doulcon
What is the population of Doulcon?
421 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (448).
How old are Doulcon’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doulcon?
27, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doulcon?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doulcon?
€23,870 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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