Remaisnil is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
With households headed by a retired person at 67%, Remaisnil is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. 11% of homes stand empty. This Somme town has more couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%. Census day 2023: 28 residents and 16 households locally.
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 Remaisnil
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Remaisnil, 23% of its 24 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Remaisnil had 37 residents at the 2012 census and 28 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Remaisnil’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Remaisnil (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 2.5% for the median compared commune in Somme. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.7% of households have no car.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Remaisnil changed by −24% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Somme.
Residents aged 65 and over: 39%, a higher share than 97% 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
■ Remaisnil 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Remaisnil ranks below 59% of compared French towns on one-person households: 33%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There are 1.8 people in the average household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Remaisnil ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 33%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 17% in Remaisnil, more than in 90% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Remaisnil has 17%. Against that, 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.
Remaisnil: 35% of residents 15 and over are single, above 92% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Remaisnil has 35%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 4.5% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Remaisnil
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Remaisnil has 27%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 28 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Remaisnil is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remaisnil | 55.5 | 39% | 23% | 17% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 5.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 5.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 6.1 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 13.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 14.7 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 15 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
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 Remaisnil
What is the population of Remaisnil?
28 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (37).
How old are Remaisnil’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 0% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Remaisnil?
6, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Remaisnil?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (17%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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