Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Ancy-le-Franc is over 59.8
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. 15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Ancy-le-Franc’s population at 834, in 400 households. The share of flats stands at 11%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Ancy-le-Franc
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ancy-le-Franc, 19% of its 670 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ancy-le-Franc’s residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ancy-le-Franc had 973 residents at the 2012 census and 834 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 21%, a higher share than 99% 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
Just over a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.5% moved in within the last two years. At 19%, the share of second homes is higher than in 93% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up 18%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Ancy-le-Franc has changed by −14%, 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ancy-le-Franc 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6.6% in Ancy-le-Franc. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ancy-le-Franc: 46% of households are one person living alone, above 86% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.9% of households are single parents here. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
Half above, half below €22,680 a year in standard of living
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 €22,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 46%, a higher share than 94% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 19%, Ancy-le-Franc is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ancy-le-Franc ranks below 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.7%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Fewer married residents than 88% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 98% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 834 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Ancy-le-Franc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ancy-le-Franc
What is the population of Ancy-le-Franc?
834 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (973).
How old are Ancy-le-Franc’s residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ancy-le-Franc?
130, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ancy-le-Franc?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ancy-le-Franc?
€22,680 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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