Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
With a median age of 40.2, Artres is younger than 78% of compared French towns. 1,082 residents in 420 households: that is Artres at the 2023 Census. One-person households: nearly a quarter of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Artres has 3.2%.
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.
+6% since 2012, a pace 55% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% in Artres, less than in 76% 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
■ Artres 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. 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: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Artres ranks above 83% of compared French towns on couples with children: 32%
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
With single-parent households at 12%, Artres is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
A smaller share of households without a car than 78% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
The share of second homes is 0.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.4% (under two years).
Median standard of living: €27,680 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.
At €27,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 73% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (29%), Artres is below two thirds of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%. 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).
Immigrants: 1.7%, a lower share than 95% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Artres has 1.2%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Artres ranks above 72% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 42%, a higher share than 83% 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
In Artres, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,082 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Artres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artres | 40.2 | 20% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Maing 3,954 · 2.6 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes 7,080 · 2.8 mi | 35.9 | 19% | 0.8% | 7.9% |
| Trith-Saint-Léger 6,019 · 3.5 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Marly 11,995 · 3.6 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.5% |
| Thiant 2,914 · 4.2 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Valenciennes 43,468 · 4.5 mi | 36.4 | 17% | 3% | 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 Artres
What is the population of Artres?
1,082 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,021).
How old are Artres’ residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Artres?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Artres?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Artres?
€27,680 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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