A lower share of households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.4%), Archettes is below 73% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, 14% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,113 residents in 550 households. The census found that 7.1% of households have no car in the town.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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.
Archettes changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 66% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −6% for the median Vosges town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, a higher share than 65% 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
■ Archettes 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. With a median age of 45, Archettes is older than 56% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Archettes ranks below 80% of compared French towns on couples with children: 18%
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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 39% of households are one person living alone in Archettes. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
A higher share of empty homes than 73% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Archettes has 21%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 67: 1.5% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €26,970 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.
At €26,970 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Archettes: 44% of households are headed by a retired person, above 91% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Archettes comes in at 21%. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Archettes has 0.4%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Archettes ranks below 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,113 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.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Archettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archettes | 45 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 4 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 5.1 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 5.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 6.3 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 6.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 7.6 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 4.2% | 7.3% |
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 Archettes
What is the population of Archettes?
1,113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,102).
How old are Archettes’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Archettes?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Archettes?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Archettes?
€26,970 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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