29% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Here 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Census day 2023: 623 residents and 280 households in Rimeize. Locally, 3.3% of households have no car. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Lozère 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 Rimeize
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rimeize, 29% of its 410 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 2.2%, a lower share than 96% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 4.3% in Rimeize. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 17: 6% of homes are flats.
Rimeize grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 56% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Lozère town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, a lower share than 65% 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
■ Rimeize 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rimeize is 44.1, higher than in 50% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Rimeize sits above 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone here. The average household has 2.3 people. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,100 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 €26,100 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Rimeize, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 88% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Rimeize has more households headed by a manual worker than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 16%. The usual figure: 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 smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Lozère has 7.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 80% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Rimeize comes in at 23%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 graduates of higher education is 26% in Rimeize and 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (623 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Rimeize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimeize | 44.1 | 20% | 29% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 3.1 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
| Marvejols 4,764 · 14.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 9.7% |
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 Rimeize
What is the population of Rimeize?
623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (587).
How old are Rimeize’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rimeize?
120, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rimeize?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rimeize?
€26,100 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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