Rangen sits above 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (37%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 87 households in Rangen at the 2023 Census, home to 217 residents. Census figures put flats at 5.9% in the town. Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 1.1% locally.
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 Rangen
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Rangen outgrew 70% of compared French towns: +10%
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 +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Rangen, less than in 86% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rangen 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.4, Rangen is younger than 70% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Rangen (10%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 58% of compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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
2.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Rangen has fewer empty homes than 56% of compared French towns, at 6.3%.
Half above, half below €25,540 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,540 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker here. 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).
Immigrants make up 2.2% in Rangen, less than in 90% 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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Rangen ranks above 94% of compared French towns on married residents: 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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
In Rangen, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (217 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Rangen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangen | 41.4 | 16% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Wasselonne 5,780 · 2.6 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| Marlenheim 4,185 · 3.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 4.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Truchtersheim 4,398 · 6.1 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 6.2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 7.3 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
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 Rangen
What is the population of Rangen?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (197).
How old are Rangen’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rangen?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rangen?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rangen?
€25,540 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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