Hegeney: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of homes stand empty in Hegeney. There were 170 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 437 residents. For Hegeney, the census puts flats at 7.9%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Hegeney
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 18% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Hegeney ahead of 73% 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 change was +8%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
Older than 54% of compared French towns: half of Hegeney is over 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hegeney 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Hegeney, 21% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Hegeney sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Hegeney has 18%. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.6 people.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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
5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Hegeney sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 2.5%. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,720 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 €29,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person at 36%, Hegeney is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
Here 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 51%
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. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Hegeney has 34%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (437 to 2,582 people), the 17th youngest
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).
Around Hegeney, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hegeney | 44.6 | 21% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Mertzwiller 3,343 · 3.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 3.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 4.6 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder 5,182 · 4.9 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 0.8% | 5.4% |
| Haguenau 36,391 · 5.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 6.3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
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 Hegeney
What is the population of Hegeney?
437 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (393).
How old are Hegeney’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hegeney?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hegeney?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hegeney?
€29,720 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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