A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
2.5% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Armbouts-Cappel counted 2,077 residents and 910 households at the 2023 Census. Here, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 84% 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 Armbouts-Cappel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Armbouts-Cappel had 2,437 residents at the 2012 census and 2,077 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Armbouts-Cappel is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Armbouts-Cappel 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 71% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Armbouts-Cappel has 8.8%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Households without a car make up 5.3% in Armbouts-Cappel, less than in 86% 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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 37% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.3% moved in within the last two years.
Half above, half below €28,160 a year in 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 €28,160 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 5.0% of the population.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 70% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 62% of compared French towns: 16%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% 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, Armbouts-Cappel has 0.2%. The wider picture: 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.
Armbouts-Cappel: 59% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
17% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Armbouts-Cappel ranks below 68% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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: a fifth of the total. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,077 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Armbouts-Cappel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armbouts-Cappel | 50.1 | 24% | 0% | 0.8% |
| Cappelle-la-Grande 7,839 · 1.7 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.3% | 2% |
| Grande-Synthe 20,239 · 3.1 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 0.6% | 16% |
| Coudekerque-Branche 20,787 · 3.5 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 3.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Dunkerque 86,263 · 4 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.9% | 7.1% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 4.4 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
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 Armbouts-Cappel
What is the population of Armbouts-Cappel?
2,077 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (2,437).
How old are Armbouts-Cappel’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Armbouts-Cappel?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Armbouts-Cappel?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Armbouts-Cappel?
€28,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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