Hémevez sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.9%)
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Hémevez comes in at 27%. This Manche town had 189 residents in 77 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 19: 5.3% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Hémevez
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 61% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche.
Hémevez sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (13%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hémevez 39. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Hémevez is 39, lower than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
More second homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of homes stand empty in Hémevez. 3.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€27,260 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €27,260 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Hémevez sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (33%)
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Hémevez. Across the comparison, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Across Hémevez, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hémevez
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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below just over two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 189 to 2,582 people
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).
Every neighbor is older than Hémevez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hémevez | 39 | 13% | 4.8% | 1.1% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 3.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 6.6 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 9.3 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 12.8 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 14.2 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Hémevez
What is the population of Hémevez?
189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (176).
How old are Hémevez’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hémevez?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hémevez?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hémevez?
€27,260 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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