Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
5.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). At 19%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 80% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 998 residents in Deville, living in 470 households. Flats make up about one in five here (20%).
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Deville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Deville had 1,102 residents at the 2012 census and 998 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 79 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Deville changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Deville is over 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Deville 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 58% of compared French towns: 37%
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. On couples with children, Deville sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 24%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of homes are second homes here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 64% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 8.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
At the median, €21,160 a year to live on
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 €21,160 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 29%, a higher share than 99% 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 Deville, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns, at 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The census found that 5.3% of residents are immigrants in Deville.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 77% 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
Here 41% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 89% of compared French towns: 29%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 998 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Deville and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deville | 46.5 | 24% | 3.3% | 5.3% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 2.9 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 4.6 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Revin 5,716 · 5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fumay 3,086 · 7.7 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 7.8 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 9.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
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 Deville
What is the population of Deville?
998 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,102).
How old are Deville’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Deville?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Deville?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Deville?
€21,160 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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