Residents aged 15 to 24: 7%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
In Artaix, 4.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.3% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 353, in 160 households. Here, 6% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Artaix
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Artaix, 13% of its 220 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Artaix’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Artaix sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (13%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty. Households without a car: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
±0% since 2012: slower than 71% 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 Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six +8%.
A median age of 51.7: Artaix is older than 88% 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
■ Artaix 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer one-person households than 66% of compared French towns: 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,290 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 €24,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Artaix ranks above 78% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The wider picture: nearly a third 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
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 make up 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Artaix, 21%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Artaix, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 353 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Artaix, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Artaix
What is the population of Artaix?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (354).
How old are Artaix’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Artaix?
29, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Artaix?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Artaix?
€24,290 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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