Laval-sur-Tourbe ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 20%
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 40% in Laval-sur-Tourbe and 14% in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 52 residents in 25 households. Census figures put empty homes at 4.4% here.
Throughout this page, the 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 Laval-sur-Tourbe
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laval-sur-Tourbe, 13% of its 30 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Laval-sur-Tourbe had 55 residents at the 2012 census and 52 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Households without a car make up 7.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Fewer flats than in 92% of compared French towns: 7.4%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Turnover: 3.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Laval-sur-Tourbe’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 89% 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
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Laval-sur-Tourbe 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. Laval-sur-Tourbe has fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 20% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 59 here (1.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 91% 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
Married: 48%; in a PACS: 16%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 2% widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Laval-sur-Tourbe ranks below 80% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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 share of adults with no qualification tops 73% of compared French towns: 24%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Laval-sur-Tourbe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval-sur-Tourbe | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 6.8 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 10.6 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 14.7 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
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 Laval-sur-Tourbe
What is the population of Laval-sur-Tourbe?
52 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (55).
How old are Laval-sur-Tourbe’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laval-sur-Tourbe?
4, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laval-sur-Tourbe?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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