Half of Arthonnay is over 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns
Couples with children make up 13%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 150 residents in Arthonnay, living in 72 households. Across Arthonnay, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Arthonnay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 52 second homes and occasional dwellings in Arthonnay, 34% of its 150 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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
Arthonnay had 164 residents at the 2012 census and 150 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Arthonnay’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Arthonnay sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (34%)
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
Turnover: 9.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Arthonnay has more empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Arthonnay has 8.3%.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arthonnay 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
37% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 90% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
6.7% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Median standard of living: €22,250 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,250 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 27%, a higher share than 98% 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
In Arthonnay, a third of households are headed by a retired person. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.7% of residents are immigrants in Arthonnay
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Arthonnay. 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.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
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 20%, Arthonnay is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Arthonnay sits above 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (27%)
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
Graduates of higher education make up 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 150 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.
Arthonnay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthonnay | 53.8 | 37% | 34% | 0.7% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 12.8 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 14.5 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 16.6 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Arthonnay
What is the population of Arthonnay?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (164).
How old are Arthonnay’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arthonnay?
52, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arthonnay?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arthonnay?
€22,250 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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