Artigues ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 42%
Households without a car: 3.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 282 residents and 110 households in Artigues. On the census count, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24. Fewer flats than in 97% of compared French towns: 4%.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Artigues
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Artigues, 17% of its 150 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Artigues had 216 residents at the 2012 census and 282 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Artigues sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (17%)
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. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8% of homes stand empty.
Artigues grew +31% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 97% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Var town +10%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +20%; 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Artigues is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Artigues 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 17% in Artigues, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,660 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 €27,660 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns: 19%
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
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person come to 31% in Artigues, about three in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Artigues ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
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.
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 54% in Artigues, more than in 98% 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
With single residents at 19%, Artigues is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (282 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Artigues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artigues | 49.4 | 21% | 17% | 2.9% |
| Rians 4,223 · 2.1 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 5.3% |
| Pourrières 5,642 · 7.2 mi | 44.2 | 18% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 7.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Jouques 4,547 · 8.3 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| Vinon-sur-Verdon 4,464 · 9.2 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 12% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 17,896 · 10.8 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
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 Artigues
What is the population of Artigues?
282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (216).
How old are Artigues’ residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Artigues?
25, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Artigues?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Artigues?
€27,660 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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