L'Isle-en-Rigault is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52
The figure for households in social housing is 2.5% in L'Isle-en-Rigault and 12% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 6.3%. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns. The town had 460 residents in 230 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 L'Isle-en-Rigault
Fewer residents than in 2012
L'Isle-en-Rigault had 520 residents at the 2012 census and 460 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of L'Isle-en-Rigault’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, 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 change was −8% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
L'Isle-en-Rigault ranks below 96% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ L'Isle-en-Rigault 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in L'Isle-en-Rigault comes in at 26%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In L'Isle-en-Rigault, 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 82% 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
The figure for one-person households is 37% in L'Isle-en-Rigault and 35% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
More empty homes than 74% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in L'Isle-en-Rigault comes in at 0.8%. 13% of households have no car, or about one in eight. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
The median resident lives on €25,770 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in L'Isle-en-Rigault comes in at 6.4%. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 92% 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.
The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The census found that 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in L'Isle-en-Rigault.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
L'Isle-en-Rigault ranks below 92% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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 married residents (40%), L'Isle-en-Rigault is below just over two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 460 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 5 towns nearest L'Isle-en-Rigault, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Isle-en-Rigault | 52 | 26% | 0.8% | 2% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 6.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 6.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 6.8 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 12.8 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 15.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
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 L'Isle-en-Rigault
What is the population of L'Isle-en-Rigault?
460 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (520).
How old are L'Isle-en-Rigault’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Isle-en-Rigault?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Isle-en-Rigault?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Isle-en-Rigault?
€25,770 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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