A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3%
Households headed by a manager or professional: 16%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Rumegies’s population at 1,722, in 720 households. Couples with children: 33% of the total. Fewer households in social housing than in 94% of compared French towns: 2.8%.
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.
Rumegies’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 61% 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
The first five years brought +12%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a lower share than 79% 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
■ Rumegies 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rumegies is 43.2, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Single-parent households: 8.5% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Households average 2.4 people.
In Rumegies, 6.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 75% 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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. Locally, 4.7% of homes stand empty.
€29,330 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 €29,330 a year: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 70% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Rumegies. 16% of Rumegies’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 29% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 lower than in 76% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. For Rumegies, the census puts foreign nationals at 3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 87% 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
By its share of single residents (21%), Rumegies is below 86% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Rumegies sits below 72% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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 Rumegies, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,722 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest
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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Rumegies are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumegies | 43.2 | 18% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Lecelles 3,046 · 2.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
| Landas 2,518 · 2.8 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt 2,861 · 4 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 15,974 · 4.7 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| Orchies 8,396 · 4.8 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Nomain 2,651 · 4.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
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 Rumegies
What is the population of Rumegies?
1,722 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,604).
How old are Rumegies’ residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rumegies?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rumegies?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rumegies?
€29,330 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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