Half of Pacy-sur-Armançon is over 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a retired person (74%), Pacy-sur-Armançon is above 99% of compared French towns. This Yonne town is home to 178 residents in 95 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats: 2% of the total.
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 Pacy-sur-Armançon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pacy-sur-Armançon, 21% of its 150 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Pacy-sur-Armançon’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pacy-sur-Armançon had 192 residents at the 2012 census and 178 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pacy-sur-Armançon ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 21%
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
3.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 33% have stayed 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Pacy-sur-Armançon, 16% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Pacy-sur-Armançon has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pacy-sur-Armançon 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 37%, above 96% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. At 21%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Pacy-sur-Armançon comes in at 37%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,460 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,460 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Pacy-sur-Armançon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 11%
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
With adults with no qualification at 30%, Pacy-sur-Armançon is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Pacy-sur-Armançon
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 Pacy-sur-Armançon
What is the population of Pacy-sur-Armançon?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (192).
How old are Pacy-sur-Armançon’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pacy-sur-Armançon?
31, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pacy-sur-Armançon?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pacy-sur-Armançon?
€25,460 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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