In Anor, 16% of households are single parents, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, above 94% of compared French towns. Anor had 3,099 residents in 1,320 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that nearly one in ten homes are flats locally. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Anor
Fewer residents than in 2012
Anor had 3,347 residents at the 2012 census and 3,099 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Anor behind 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Anor is younger than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Anor 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%). At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 71% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Anor. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Anor sits below 70% of compared French towns for households in social housing (8.3%)
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
Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 15% of households have no car, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€20,800 a year: the median standard of living
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 €20,800 a year: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 28.0%.
6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 76% 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
Put another way, about one in three: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 5.8%, a higher share than 63% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 51% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 50% of compared French towns: 43%
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 Anor, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Anor, less than in 89% 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: 28%, above 88% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,078 to 3,126 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.
At the ends of the range sit Vémars (35.8), the youngest, and Soulac-sur-Mer (63.7), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Anor
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anor | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
| Fourmies 11,449 · 3.1 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Trélon 2,604 · 4.7 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.1% | 5.9% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 4.8 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 5.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 8.2 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
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 Anor
What is the population of Anor?
3,099 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (3,347).
How old are Anor’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anor?
46, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anor?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anor?
€20,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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