Younger than 93% of compared French towns: half of Argoules is under 36.4
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Argoules comes in at 0.6%. For Argoules, the census puts single-parent households at 4.5%. 55% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns. This Somme town had 322 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Argoules
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Argoules, 27% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Argoules’ residents are under 36.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 27%, a higher share than 94% 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
Turnover: 4.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Argoules, nearly one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 75% 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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%.
7.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% 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
■ Argoules 36.4. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Argoules
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. 23% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Median standard of living: €25,240 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.
Living standards centre on €25,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Argoules sits above 75% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.4%, a lower share than 78% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Argoules sits below 89% of compared French towns for married residents (35%)
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
Single residents: 21%, below 83% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops just over two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 322 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 Argoules (36.4), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Argoules
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argoules | 36.4 | 22% | 27% | 3.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 8 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 9 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 9.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 10.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Berck 12,951 · 12 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Merlimont 3,342 · 12.8 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 67% | 2% |
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 Argoules
What is the population of Argoules?
322 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (326).
How old are Argoules’ residents?
The median age is 36.4, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 39% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Argoules?
46, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Argoules?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Argoules?
€25,240 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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