A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a retired person in Pretz-en-Argonne. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.5% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The town’s 25 households held 64 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 14: that is how common second homes are in Pretz-en-Argonne (7.1%).
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 Pretz-en-Argonne
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Pretz-en-Argonne’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 81% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then −11% to 2023.
In Pretz-en-Argonne, 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 97% 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
■ Pretz-en-Argonne 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 38.5, Pretz-en-Argonne is younger than 86% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 13% locally.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 59% 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
100% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up about one in nine here (11%).
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pretz-en-Argonne: 0% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 27% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Pretz-en-Argonne has 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Pretz-en-Argonne: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 64% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 64 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Pretz-en-Argonne, 3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretz-en-Argonne | 38.5 | 13% | 7.1% | 0% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 12.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 14.3 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 17.4 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 17.6 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
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 Pretz-en-Argonne
What is the population of Pretz-en-Argonne?
64 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (66).
How old are Pretz-en-Argonne’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pretz-en-Argonne?
2, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pretz-en-Argonne?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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