One-person households make up 21% in Sassegnies, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car is 3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Sassegnies sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 2.9%. This Nord town had 260 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. Here, 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Sassegnies
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sassegnies had 273 residents at the 2012 census and 260 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 87% 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 −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sassegnies 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Sassegnies’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up 9.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Sassegnies sits above 65% of compared French towns for second homes (3.3%)
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
4.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 38% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 7.9%, above 62% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,340 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,340 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Sassegnies, less than in 81% 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 Sassegnies, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 260 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Sassegnies is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassegnies | 45.2 | 26% | 3.3% | 1.5% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 1.8 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 2.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 6.3 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 6.7 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 7 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Bavay 3,249 · 8.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
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 Sassegnies
What is the population of Sassegnies?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (273).
How old are Sassegnies’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sassegnies?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sassegnies?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sassegnies?
€24,340 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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