Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.7% in Dargnies, less than in 98% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (5.3%), Dargnies is below 95% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (25%). Few places have as many second homes: 6.2% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns. 1,174 residents in 540 households: that is Dargnies 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 Dargnies
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dargnies had 1,311 residents at the 2012 census and 1,174 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Dargnies changed by −10% since 2012
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 −5%; the six to 2023, −6%.
In Dargnies, 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 83% 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
■ Dargnies 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Dargnies is 46.3, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Dargnies sits below 64% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Dargnies has 33%. The census found that just over one in ten households are single parents locally. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Dargnies, 8.6% of homes stand empty, more than in 69% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The figure for households without a car is 13% in Dargnies and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €21,720 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 €21,720 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
In Dargnies, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% 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: 1.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Roughly four in ten: just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification in Dargnies. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,174 to 2,582
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).
No nearby town is as young as Dargnies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dargnies | 46.3 | 25% | 6.2% | 1.5% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 3.1 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 4.8 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 6.2 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 6.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 1.8% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 8.8 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Criel-sur-Mer 2,527 · 9.2 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 44% | 2.6% |
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 Dargnies
What is the population of Dargnies?
1,174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,311).
How old are Dargnies’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dargnies?
39, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dargnies?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dargnies?
€21,720 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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