A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Nicey-sur-Aire has 1.8%. The town is home to 130 residents in 52 households, by the 2023 Census. Roughly four in ten: 40% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 30% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns.
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 Nicey-sur-Aire
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Nicey-sur-Aire, 18% of its 65 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Nicey-sur-Aire had 108 residents at the 2012 census and 130 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nicey-sur-Aire: 18% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 9.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more.
A +20% change since 2012: faster than 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
The first five years brought +14%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meuse town −8%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nicey-sur-Aire 41. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Nicey-sur-Aire is 41, lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are one person living alone in Nicey-sur-Aire.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,190 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 €25,190 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (40%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.3% of residents are immigrants in Nicey-sur-Aire
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.
That is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Nicey-sur-Aire, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 62%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Nicey-sur-Aire. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 130 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Nicey-sur-Aire
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicey-sur-Aire | 41 | 30% | 18% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 9.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 11 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 13.6 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 14.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
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 Nicey-sur-Aire
What is the population of Nicey-sur-Aire?
130 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (108).
How old are Nicey-sur-Aire’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nicey-sur-Aire?
11, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nicey-sur-Aire?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nicey-sur-Aire?
€25,190 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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