31% of households are couples with children, more than in 80% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Pulligny had 1,155 residents in 500 households at the 2023 census. 14% of homes are flats, or about one in seven. With households headed by a retired person at 37%, Pulligny is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Meurthe-et-Moselle 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 Pulligny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pulligny had 1,205 residents at the 2012 census and 1,155 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 85% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Meurthe-et-Moselle town −1%.
A median age of 46.2: Pulligny is older than 64% 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
■ Pulligny 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pulligny comes in at 10%. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Meurthe-et-Moselle 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Pulligny ranks below 84% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%
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 Meurthe-et-Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8.9% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A lower share of households without a car than 67% of compared French towns, at 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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. 1.3% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns.
€27,820 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,820 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Pulligny sits above 73% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (14%)
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.1%, a lower share than 92% 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.
With immigrants at 2.8%, Pulligny is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 88% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Pulligny has 47%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,155 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Pulligny sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulligny | 46.2 | 22% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Ludres 5,843 · 5.5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.7% | 4.5% |
| Neuves-Maisons 6,524 · 5.5 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.1% | 6.6% |
| Chaligny 2,729 · 6.3 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
| Heillecourt 5,414 · 8 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy 29,942 · 8.5 mi | 32.5 | 18% | 2.2% | 22% |
| Villers-lès-Nancy 14,718 · 8.7 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 1.7% | 7.3% |
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 Pulligny
What is the population of Pulligny?
1,155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,205).
How old are Pulligny’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pulligny?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pulligny?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pulligny?
€27,820 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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