Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Vecqueville is over 52.9
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vecqueville comes in at 57%. Here, 5.7% of homes are flats. Few places have as many second homes: 6.1% here, more than in four fifths of compared French towns. The town is home to 502 residents in 230 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Vecqueville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vecqueville had 616 residents at the 2012 census and 502 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vecqueville’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Vecqueville (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 7.8% for the median compared commune in Haute-Marne. 7.9% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −19% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
The first five years brought −14%; the six to 2023, −5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vecqueville 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households: 6.5%, a lower share than 93% 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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 33% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
11% of homes stand empty, more than in 82% of compared French towns
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
Just over a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). At 15%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 38% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Half above, half below €20,700 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.
Half of residents live in households above €20,700 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 81% of compared French towns, at 20%
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. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vecqueville ranks above 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 15%
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 share of foreign nationals tops nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 7.9%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 79% of compared French towns, at 47%
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 a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Vecqueville has 24%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 5.6% in Vecqueville, less 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 figure for adults with no qualification is 41% in Vecqueville and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (502 to 2,582 people), the 8th oldest
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).
Nearby, 1 of 5 towns have older populations than Vecqueville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vecqueville | 52.9 | 30% | 6.1% | 15% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 9.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 13.4 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 15.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 17.9 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
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 Vecqueville
What is the population of Vecqueville?
502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (616).
How old are Vecqueville’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vecqueville?
17, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vecqueville?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vecqueville?
€20,700 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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