Mooslargue sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (28%)
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Mooslargue comes in at 3.8%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 401, in 190 households. 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 35% here, more than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-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 Mooslargue
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 81 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mooslargue, 28% of its 290 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 9.9% 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
Mooslargue had 437 residents at the 2012 census and 401 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mooslargue ranks above 74% of compared French towns on flats: 49%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. More empty homes than in 69% of compared French towns: 8.6%.
Mooslargue changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Haut-Rhin.
7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Mooslargue 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Mooslargue has 15%. What’s more, half of the town’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 89% of compared French towns
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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
30% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Census figures put couples with children at 19% in Mooslargue.
A typical living standard of €37,960 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.
At €37,960 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 27% in Mooslargue, less than in 77% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Mooslargue has 11%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 67% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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.
The figure for immigrants is 8.2% in Mooslargue and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Mooslargue has 46%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Mooslargue and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 401 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Mooslargue
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooslargue | 43.9 | 15% | 28% | 8.2% |
| Altkirch 5,687 · 7.6 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 2.3% | 12% |
| Delle 5,623 · 10 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.9% | 16% |
| Grandvillars 2,947 · 11.5 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Zillisheim 2,561 · 13.3 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 7.3% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 13.8 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Blotzheim 5,282 · 14.7 mi | 41 | 17% | 3.8% | 22% |
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 Mooslargue
What is the population of Mooslargue?
401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (437).
How old are Mooslargue’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mooslargue?
81, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mooslargue?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mooslargue?
€37,960 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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