Only 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Argancy
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Argancy, 32%. Still, on households without a car, Argancy sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 5.1%. At the 2023 Census Argancy was home to 1,381 people in 610 households. Second homes: 0.6% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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.
Since 2012, Argancy has changed by +4%, slower than 54% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of compared French towns, at 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Argancy 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age in Argancy is 45.7, higher than in 61% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 80% of compared French towns: 29%
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 8.6% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Average household size: 2.3 people. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of homes stand empty here. Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.3% (under two years).
Median standard of living: €32,320 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,320 a year: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%, a lower share than 82% 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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Argancy.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 89% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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 Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants stands at 3.8%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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 Argancy comes in at 49%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Argancy, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 76% of compared French towns: 39%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,381 to 2,582
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.
Argancy and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argancy | 45.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.8% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 2.6 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Talange 8,120 · 3.3 mi | 42 | 20% | 0.3% | 17% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 3.7 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 4.1 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Marange-Silvange 6,539 · 4.2 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 7.8% |
| Hagondange 9,278 · 4.3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 0.6% | 11% |
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 Argancy
What is the population of Argancy?
1,381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,329).
How old are Argancy’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argancy?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argancy?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argancy?
€32,320 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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