Remilly-Wirquin ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 14%
16% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. In 2023, the Census found 355 residents in Remilly-Wirquin, living in 160 households. Households without a car account for 5%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Remilly-Wirquin
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Remilly-Wirquin, 14% of its 200 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 15% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in seven in Remilly-Wirquin is a second home
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
Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. 11% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Remilly-Wirquin grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 56% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
Remilly-Wirquin ranks below 79% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Remilly-Wirquin 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.9, Remilly-Wirquin is older than 63% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 82% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. At 24%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 56% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€25,820 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,820 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Remilly-Wirquin sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (41%)
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Remilly-Wirquin, 25%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Remilly-Wirquin ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Remilly-Wirquin. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% 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.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Remilly-Wirquin. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Remilly-Wirquin sits below 75% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Across Remilly-Wirquin, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 355 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Remilly-Wirquin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remilly-Wirquin | 45.9 | 21% | 14% | 1.4% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 3.3 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 5.8 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 6.2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 6.3 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 7 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
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 Remilly-Wirquin
What is the population of Remilly-Wirquin?
355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (334).
How old are Remilly-Wirquin’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Remilly-Wirquin?
27, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Remilly-Wirquin?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Remilly-Wirquin?
€25,820 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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