Asnois is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.8
Here 13% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Locally, three in five households are headed by a retired person. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 141 residents in 74 households: that is Asnois at the 2023 Census.
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 Asnois
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Asnois, 28% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Asnois’ residents are under 58.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Asnois had 157 residents at the 2012 census and 141 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Asnois, 28% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 17% of homes stand empty in Asnois. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.1% of households have no car here.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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 change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nièvre town −8%.
In Asnois, 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Asnois 58.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Asnois, 35%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.7%, a lower share than 92% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Two in five households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,850 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 €25,850 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Only 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Asnois
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Asnois comes in at 6.7%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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 Nièvre has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 2.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, half of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 70% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Asnois (18%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 141 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Asnois
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 Asnois
What is the population of Asnois?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (157).
How old are Asnois’ residents?
The median age is 58.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Asnois?
37, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Asnois?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Asnois?
€25,850 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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