A smaller share of flats than 97% of compared French towns: 4%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Apremont-la-Forêt’s 180 households held 427 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put couples with children at 32% in the town. Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are 65 or over here.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Apremont-la-Forêt
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Apremont-la-Forêt, 16% of its 230 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Some 5.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
+9% since 2012, a pace 65% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +1%; the six to 2023, +8%.
Half of Apremont-la-Forêt is under 41.6, younger than 68% 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
■ Apremont-la-Forêt 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9%, Apremont-la-Forêt is behind 81% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Apremont-la-Forêt, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (8.6%), Apremont-la-Forêt is below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
€24,580 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.
Half of Apremont-la-Forêt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Apremont-la-Forêt, 34%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% of compared French towns: 3.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Apremont-la-Forêt has 2.1%. To put it in context, 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.
Apremont-la-Forêt sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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, Apremont-la-Forêt has 54%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 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 figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Apremont-la-Forêt and 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 427 to 2,582
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Apremont-la-Forêt, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apremont-la-Forêt | 41.6 | 17% | 16% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 5.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 6.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Foug 2,628 · 13.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 15.7 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 16.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 17.4 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 Apremont-la-Forêt
What is the population of Apremont-la-Forêt?
427 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (393).
How old are Apremont-la-Forêt’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Apremont-la-Forêt?
36, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Apremont-la-Forêt?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Apremont-la-Forêt?
€24,580 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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