In Armes, 26% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Armes comes in at 3.1%. Still, on second homes, Armes sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 9.4%. The town counted 266 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 38% of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Armes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Armes had 303 residents at the 2012 census and 266 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 49 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Armes’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Armes has changed by −12%, slower than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%.
A median age of 52.2: Armes is older than 89% 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
■ Armes 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 9.8%. Across Armes, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
With couples with children at 23%, Armes is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
9.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 56% 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
8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,590 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.
Half of Armes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,590 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns: 12%
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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Armes, 7.7%. 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).
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 86% 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 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Armes has 3.8%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in Armes, more than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Armes, 21%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Armes, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Put another way, about one in five: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 266 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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).
Armes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Armes
What is the population of Armes?
266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (303).
How old are Armes’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Armes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Armes?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Armes?
€23,590 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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