Sommelonne is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Sommelonne was home to 407 people in 200 households. Put another way, about one in two: 49% of households are headed by a retired person. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households are single parents here.
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 Sommelonne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sommelonne had 483 residents at the 2012 census and 407 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sommelonne’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−16% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and −11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Meuse.
Sommelonne ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sommelonne 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 32% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Sommelonne ranks below 66% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns.
Sommelonne sits below 97% of compared French towns for flats (4%)
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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households have no car in Sommelonne. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 4.4% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. The census found that 5% of homes stand empty here.
A median of €27,840 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,840 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
7.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
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
One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. As a reference point, 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).
In Sommelonne, 0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Sommelonne has 0.7%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 14%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Sommelonne comes in at 50%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 80% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 Sommelonne, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 407 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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).
Sommelonne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommelonne | 53.6 | 32% | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 2.9 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 4.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 9.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 12.5 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 13.3 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 16.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
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 Sommelonne
What is the population of Sommelonne?
407 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (483).
How old are Sommelonne’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sommelonne?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sommelonne?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sommelonne?
€27,840 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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