A median age of 60: Dromesnil is older than 98% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are couples with children in Dromesnil. At the 2023 Census, 82 people lived here, in 39 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 56%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Dromesnil
An older town
Half of Dromesnil’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dromesnil had 101 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dromesnil changed by −19% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Somme town −3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, −13%.
Dromesnil sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (3.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dromesnil 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 24%
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
By its share of second homes (9.6%), Dromesnil is above 87% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On the census count, 5.3% of households have no car.
In Dromesnil, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 70% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker 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).
Only 1.3% of residents are immigrants in Dromesnil
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: 2.5%, below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The figure for married residents is 56% in Dromesnil and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
38% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 19% in Dromesnil and 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 82 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Dromesnil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dromesnil | 60 | 38% | 9.6% | 1.3% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 11.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 13.3 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 14.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 15.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 15.6 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 16.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
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 Dromesnil
What is the population of Dromesnil?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (101).
How old are Dromesnil’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dromesnil?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dromesnil?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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